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ENGINEERS 



ENSE LAWS 




Compiled by the 

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS 

63 East Adams Street 

CHICAGO 



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INDEX 

PAGE 

Introduction 3 

Council of State Boards of Engineering Examiners ... 4 



Foreword— summary of laws in California, Idaho, Illinois, Wyoming, 
and British Columbia 



Map showing progTess of licensing legislation in the United States . 8 

Arizona Law 9 

Colorado Law 17 

Florida Law 23 

Indiana Law 31 

Iowa Law .^9 

Louisiana Law 45 

Michigan Law 51 

Minnesota Law 5G 

N«y Jersey Law 69 

New York Law 77 

Noi-th Carolina Law 85 

Oi^gon Law 93 

Pennsylvania Law 100 

Tennessee Law 110 

Virginia Law 127 

Wr't V' iiiia Law 131 



ENGINEERS 

LICENSE LAWS 



Copies of the Acts in those States in which 
All-Inclusive License Laws for Professional 
Engineers have been Enacted. 




FEBRUARY, 1922 



Compiled by the 

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS 

63 East Adams Street 
CHICAGO 

PRICE 50 CENTS 



COUNCIL OF STATE BOARDS OF 
ENGINEERING EXAMINERS 

In order to unify the standards and requirements of 
the various state laws, there has been formed an Inter- 
state Council which holds one meeting a year. This Coun- 
cil is l£nown as the ^ ' Council of State Boards of Engineer- 
ing Examiners," and its object is to simplify the procedure 
of obtaining reciprocal licenses, and to standardize the pro- 
cedure under which licenses will be granted. 

The next meeting of the Council will be held in Chi- 
cago in October, 1922. The following are the officers of 
the Council: 

President — C. S. Hammatt, 

215 East Bay Street, Jacksonville, Fla. 

Vice President — Alvin Levan, 

406 Flynn Building, Des Moines, la. 

Secretary — K. G. Hosea, 

121 State Capitol, Denver, Colo. 



FOREWORD 

THIS eompilation of exact copies of license laws in various states is one 
of the evidences of the practical efforts of the American Association of 
Engineers toward the enactment of satisfactory registration laws for pro- 
fessional engineers in all states in the Union. In 1920, the American Asso- 
ciation of Engineers issued a pamphlet containing copies of the laws in Florida, 
Iowa, Michigan, New York, and Virginia. Since then local chapters and mem- 
bers of the Association have been instrumental in obtaining- the enactment of 
laws in eight additional states. 

Exact copies of the sixteen all-inclusive laws now in force in the United 
States are reprinted here. 

In California, Idaho, Illinois, and Wyoming, there are laws regulating 
engineering in some degree, but these laws are omitted because they are not 
all-inclusive. - The important points of the laws in these four states are as 
follows : 

CALIFORNIA 

California has a law for registration of land surveyors which requires 
all county surveyors or candidates for that office to be licensed land surveyors. 



IDAHO 

Idaho has a law for the registration of civil engineers. Civil engineering- 
is defined as the practice of any branch of the profession other than mining, 
metallurgical, or militaiy. Civil engineering- under the Idaho law embraces the 
design and supervision of the construction of all private or public utilities 
except those in connection Avilh mining operations. Th^ requirements of 
the State University of Idaho for the degree of Civil Engineer are adopted 
as the standard. Citizenship in the United States is not required. Examina- 
tion is required for all applicants except those from other states. The fee 
for residents is $10, for non-residents, $25; and for renewals, $2 annually. 
A non-resident practitioner may be gi'anted a certificate Avithout examination 
if licensed or registered in another state where the minimum reciuirements 



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are not less than those of Idaho. Engineers Avorking for the United States 
Government and non-resident engineers entering the state for consultation are 
exempt from the act. 

ILLINOIS 

Tlie Illinois law for the registration of structural engineers is administered 
by the Director of Registration and Education. This act covers the designing 
and supervision of the construction, enlargement, or alteration of structures. 
Structures are defined as having foundations, columns, girders, trusses, arches, 
and beams, with or without other parts, and this includes structures for elec- 
trical power plants, bridges, blast furnaces, water-works, sewage disposal 
plants, roundhouses, pumping plants, and all structures defined as buildings. 
The fee for examination for certificate is $10, for certificate of registration, 
$5; for examination to determine preliminary education, $5; for restoration 
of an unexpired certificate, $5; for certificate to one who holds a certificate 
from another state, $15; and for renewal of certificate, $1 annually. A non- 
resident structural engineer licensed in another state may be registered if the 
requirements for licensing in that state are substantially equal to those of 
Illinois. 

WYOMING 

In Wyoming there is a law regulating the practice of surveying and engi- 
neering relating to drainage, highway, municipal, county, or state projects; 
surveying of property lines or rights of way; or preparation of applications 
for permits for use of water. The fee for examination is $10 and for 
certificate without examination $5. Those in United States Government engi- 
neering work are exempted. Reciprocity is not provided. 



It is interesting to note that in British Columbia the licensing of pro- 
fessional engineers is under the auspices of an Association of Engineers 
officially created and designated by the laws of the Dominion of Canada. 
This Association is known as the Association of Professional Engineers of 
the Province of British Columbia. 

In the Act to Incorporate the Association of Professional Engineers of 
the Province of British Columbia professional engineermg is defined as fol- 
lows : 

"The 'Practice of Professional Engineering' means the carrying on 
for hire, gairf, or hope of reward of any branch of Civil, Mining, Mechan- 
ical, Electrical, Chemical, or Structural Engineering, and shall be deemed 
to include reporting on, designing, or directing the construction of public 
utilities, industrial works, railways, bridges, highways, canals, harbour 
works, river improvements, lighthouses, wet docks, dry docks, floating 
docks, launcli ways, marine ways, steam engines, turbines, pumps, intenial 
combustion engines, air ships and aeroplanes, electrical machinery and 



FOREWORD 7 

apparatus, chemical operations, machincjy, and works for the develop- 
ment, transmission or application of municipal works, irrigation works, 
water works, water purification plants, sewage disposal works, drainage 
works, incinerators, hydraulic works and all other engineering works, and 
all buildings necessaiy to the proper housing, installation, and operation 
of the engineering works embraced in this section." 

Surveyors are excluded from the Act. All persons registered as pro- 
fessional engineers under the provisions of this Act are members of the Asso- 
ciation; and only members of the Association are privileged to use the title 
of Professional Engineer and to engage in the practice of professional engi- 
neering in the Province of British Columbia. 

Additional information can be obtained by writing E. A. Wheatley, Secre- 
tary-Treasurer, 930-1 Birks Building, 718 Granville Street, Vancouver, B. C. 

This compilation of license laws is intended primarily for the use of 
engineers who desire to practice engineering in more than one state; and also 
for the assistance of those engaged in the preparation of a law in those states 
where engineers are not registered. 

The compilation was made by R. C. Bailey and Miss C. Kluetsch. The 
book is sold at the cost of printing. 



Chicago, Illinois, February 15, 1922. 



C. E. Drayer^ Secretary, 
American Association of Engineer! 



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STATE OF ARIZONA 

ARIZONA STATE BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR ARCHITECTS, 
ENGINEERS, LAND SURVEYORS AND ASSAYERS 

Chairman — 0. ]\[. BuTiiER, University Station, Tucson, Arizona. 

Vice-Chairman — L. M. Fitzhugh, 206 Home Builders Building, Phoenix, Arizona. 

Secretary — L. B. Hitchcock, Eoom 7, City Hall, Phoenix, Arizona. 

A. T. CosTON, Clarkdale, Arizona. 

R. W. Lescher, Phoenix, Arizona. 

\V. O. WiTHERSPOOX, Box 442, Warren, Arizona. 

J. B. Lyman, 76 North Stone, Tucson, Arizona. 

THE ARIZONA LAW 

Approved March 9, 1921 

AN ACT 

TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF THE PROFESSIONS OF ARCHI- 
TECTURE, ASSAYING, ENGINEERING AND LAND SURVEYING; 
PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF A BOARD OF EXAMINERS 
AND GRANTING TO SAID BOARD CERTAIN POWERS AND 
PRESCRIBING ITS DUTIES, AND PROVIDING FOR THE REGIS- 
TRATION OF AND THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF REG- 
ISTRATION TO PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTS, ASSAYERS, 
ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS; REPEALING ALL ACTS 
OR PARTS OF ACTS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, AND PROVIDING 
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ACT. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ARI- 
ZONA: 

Section 1. In order to safeguard life, health and property, any person 
practicing or offering to practice as an architect, a professional engineer, a land 
surveyor or an assayer in this state shall hereafter be required to submit evidence 
that he is qualified so to practice, and shall be registered as hereinafter provided, 
and from and after six months after this Act become effective, it shall be unlaw- 
ful for any person to practice or to offer to practice in this state, as an architect, 
a professional engineer, hereinafter called engineer, a land surveyor or an 
assayer, except under the provisions of this Act. 

Sec. 2. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring registration 
by an individual, firm or corporation for the purpose of practicing architecture, 
eng-iucering, land surveying, or assaying on property owned or leased by said 
individual, firm or coi-poration, unless the same involves the public safety or 
health; nor as requiring registration by any person, Avho prior to the time of 
the passage of this Act was engaged in the practice of architecture, engineering, 
land surveying or a'ssaying provided, however, such person shall not represent 
himself as or use the title of ''Registered Architect," "Registered Professional 

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Engineer," "Registered Land Surveyor" or "Registered Assayer" unless such 
person is qualified by registration under this Act. 

Sec. 3. To cany out the provisions of this Act, there is hereby created 
a State Board of Registration, hereinafter called the Board, consisting of seven 
members, each a citizen of the United < States, six of whom shall be appointed 
by the governor within sixty days after this Act becomes effective. The dean or 
the acting dean of the College of Mines and Engineering at the University of 
Arizona shall be ex-officio a member of said Board. Each of the remaining six 
members of the Board shall be a professional architect, engineer or assayer, as 
defined in this Act, and it shall be incumbent upon the governor to see that the 
Board is at all times made up of representatives of the greatest possible diver- 
sity of professions or vocations covered by this Act. T^vo of the members of 
the Board first appointed shall hold office for a term of one year, 
two shall hold office for a term of two years, and two shall hold 
office for a term of three years from the 1st day of July following 
the passage of this Act. Upon the expiration of each of said terms, the term 
of office of each member thereafter appointed shall be three years. The term of 
office of the six members first appointed to the Board shall be decided by drawing 
lots at the first meeting of said Board. Each member of the Board shall con- 
tinue to serve thereon after the expiration of his term until his successor has 
been duly appointed and has qualified. The Governor may remove any member 
of the Board for misconduct, incapacity, or neglect of duty. Vacancies in the 
Board caused by death, resignation, removal from the state or any other cause, 
shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired term. Each 
member of the Board shall have had at least five years of actual experience and 
shall be of recognized good standing in his profession or vocation, and shall be 
of at least thirty-five years of age, and shall have been a resident of this state 
for at least three years immediately preceding his appointment. Each appointed 
member of said Board, excepting the member first appointed hereunder, must 
also have been registered under this Act. 

Sec. 4. Each member of the Board shall receive a certificate of appoint- 
ment from the governor, and before beginning his term of office he shall file 
with the secretary of state the constitutional oath of office. Each member of 
the Board first created shall receive a certificate of registration under this Act 
from the governor of the state. The Board or any committee thereof shall be 
entitled to the services of the Attorney-General, in connection with the affairs 
of the Board, and the Board shall have power to compel the attendance of 
witnesses, may administer oaths and may take testimony and proofs concerninu' 
all matters within its jurisdiction. The Board shall adopt and have an official 
seal which shall be affixed to all certificates of registration granted; and shall 
make all by-laws and rules not inconsistent with law needed in performing its 
duty. 

Sec. 5. The Board shall hold a meeting within thirty days after its mem- 
bers are first appointed, and thereafter shall hold at least two regular meetings 
each year. Special meetings shall be held at such times as the by-laws of the 
Board may provide. Notice of all meetings shall be given in such manner as the 
by-laws may provide. The Board shall elect annually from its members a chair- 



STATE OF ARIZONA * .11 

man, a vice-chairman and a secretaiy. A quorum of the Board shall consist of 
not less than four members, of whom two shall be architects and two engineers. 

Sec. 6. The secretaiy of the Board shall receive and account for all moneys 
derived from the operation of this Act and shall pay them to the State Treasurer, 
who shall keep such moneys in a fund to be known as the "Fund of the Board 
of Registration for Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors and Assayers," whicli 
fund shall be continued from year to year and shall be drawn against only for 
the purposes of this Act as herein provided. 

E'ach member of the Board shall be reimbursed for all necessary traveling, 
incidental and clerical expenses incurred, in carrying out the provisions of this 
Act. All expenses certified by the Board as properly and necessarily incurred in 
the discharge of its duties, including authorized compensations, shall be paid out 
of said fund on the warrant of the auditor of the state issued on requisitions 
signed by the chairman and the secretary of the Board ; provided, however, that 
at no time after this Act shall have been in effect for one year shall the total of 
warrants issued exceed the total amount of funds accumulated under this Act. 
The secretary of the Board shall give a surety bond satisfactory to the State 
Treasurer conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties. The pre- 
mium on said bond shall be regarded as a proper and necessary expense of the 
Board. 

Sec. 7. The Board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register of 
all applicants for registration showing for each, the date of application, name, 
age, educational and other qualifications, place of business and place of resi- 
dence, whether or not an examination was required and whether the applicant 
was rejected, or a certificate of registration granted, and the date of .such action. 
The books and register of the Board shall be prima facie evidence of all mat- 
ters recorded therein. A roster showing the names and places of business and 
of residence of all registered architects, engineers, land surveyors and assayers, 

shall be prepared by the secretary of the Board during* the month of 

of each year. Such roster shall be printed out of the funds of the Board as 
provided in Section G. 

On or before the 1st day of November of each year the Board shall sub- 
mit to the Governor a report of its ti^ansactions for the preceding year, together 
with a complete statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Board, certi- 
fied by the chairman and secretary, and a copy of the said roster or registered 
architects, registered engineers, registered land surveyors and registered assay; 
ers. A copy of this report shall be filed with the Secretary of State. 

Sec. 8. The Board shall, on application thereof on prescribed form, and 
the payment of a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00), issue a certificate of registra- 
tion as an architect or as an engineer, and on the payment of a fee of ten dol- 
lai-s ($10.00) issue a certificate as a land surveyor or assayer: 

1. To any person who submits evidence satisfactory to the Board that ho 
is fully qualified to practice architecture, engineering or land surveying, or as- 
saymg ; or 

2. To any person who submits to the Board evidence that at the time of 
the passage of this Act he had been practicing as an architect, engineer, land 
surveyor or assayer for a period of three years prior to the date of the taking 



12 ENGINEERS LICENSE LAWS 

effect of this Act, and during said time had been a bona fide resident of the 
State of Arizona, and was still at the date of such application a resident of the 
State of Arizona; or 

3. To any person who holds a like unexpired certificate of registration is- 
sued to him by proper authority in the District of Columbia, in any state or 
territoiy of the United States, or in any province of Canada, in which the re- 
quirements for the registration of architects, engineers, land surveyors or assay- 
ers are of a standard satisfactory to the Board; 

Provided, however, that no person shall be eligible for registration who is 
under twenty-five years of age, who is not a citizen of the United States or 
Canada, or Avho has not made declaration of his intention to become a citizen 
of the United States, who does not speak and write the English language, who 
is not of good character and repute, and Avho has not been actively engaged for- 
three or more years in architectural, engineering, land surveying or assaying 
Avork of a character satisfactory to the Board. However, each year of teach- 
ing, or of study satisfactorily completed, of architecture, engineering or assay- 
ing in a school of architecture or engineering, or of assaying in a school of 
mines, of standing satisfactory to the Board, shall be considered as equivalent 
to one year of such active engagement. 

Unless disqualifying evidence be before the Board, the following facts 
established in the application shall be regarded as prima facie '^evidence, satis- 
factory to the Board," that the applicant is fully qualified to practice architec- 
ture, engineering, land surveying or assaying; 

(A) Three or more years of active engagement in architectural, engi- 
neering, land surveying or assaying Avork ; 

(B) Graduation, after a course of not less than four 3- ears in architecture, 
engineering or assaying or land surveying, from a school or college approved by 
the Board as of satisfactory standing, and an additional four years of active 
engagements in architectural, engineering, land surveying or assaying Avork; 

(C) Full membership in the American Institute of Architects, American 
Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, Ameri- 
can Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engi- 
neers, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Society of 
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, American Association of Engineers, or 
such other National or State architectural or engineering societies as may be ap- 
proved by the Board, the requirements for full membership in Avhich are not 
lower than the requirements for full membership in the professional societies or 
institutes named above. 

Applicants for registration, in cases where the evidence originally presented 
in the application does not appear to the Board conclusive or warranting the 
issuance of a certificate, may present further evidence, which may include the 
results of a required examination, foi: the consideration of the Board. 

In case the Board denies the issuance of a certificate to an applicant, the 
registi'ation fee dei)osited shall be returned by the Board to the a]>])licant. 

Certificates of registration shall ex])ire on the last day of the month of 
December following their issuance or renewal and shall become invalid on that 
dale unless renewed. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Board to 



STATE OF ARIZONA 13 

notify by mail every person registered hereunder of the date of tlie expiration 
of his certificate and tlie amount of the fee required for its renewal for one 
year; such notice shall be mailed at least one month in advance of the date of 
the expiration of said sertificate. Renewal may be effected at any time during 
the month of December by the payment of a fee of five dollars ($5.00) for 
architects and engineers and a similar fee for land surveyors and assayers. The 
failure on the part of any registrant to renew his certificate annually in the 
month of December as required above shall not deprive such person of the right 
of renewal thereafter, but the fee to be paid for the renewal of a certificate after 
the month of December shall be increased .10 per cent for each month or fraction 
of a month that })ayment for renewal is dehiyed; provided, however, that the 
maxinunn fee for a dehiyed renewal shall not exceed twice the normal fee. 

Sec. 9. The Board shall have the power to revoke the certificate of reg- 
istration of any architect, engineer, land surveyor or assayer registered here- 
under who is found guilty of any fraud or deceit in obtaining- a certificate of 
registration or of gross negligence, incompetency or misconduct in the practice 
of architecture, engineering, land surveying or assaying. Any person may 
prefer charges of such fraud, deceit, negligence, incompetency or misconduct 
against any architect, engineer, land surveyor or assayer registered hereunder; 
such charges shall be in writing aiid sworn to by the complainant and submitted 
to the Board. Such charges, unless dismissed without hearing by the Board as 
unfounded or trivial, shall be heard and determined by the Board within three 
months after the date on which they are preferred. A time and place for such 
hearing shall be fixed by the Board. A copy of the charges, together with a 
notice of the time and i)lace of hearing, shall be legally served on the accused at 
least thirty days before the date fixed for the hearing, and in the event that such 
services cannot be effected thirty daj's before such hearing, then the date of 
hearing and determination shall be postponed as may be necessary to permit the 
cari-ying out of this condition. At said hearing the accused shall have the right 
to appear personally and by counsel and to cross-examine witnesses against him 
and to produce evidence and witnesses in his defense. If after said hearing five 
or more membei's of the Board vote in favor of finding the accused guilty of 
any fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate, or of gross negligence, incompe- 
tency or misconduct in the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying 
or assaying, the Board shall revoke the certificate of registration of the 
accused. 

The Board may reissue a certificate of registration to any person w^iose cer- 
tificate has been revoked, provided five or more members of the Board vote in 
favor of such reissuance for reasons the Board may deem sufficient. 

The Board shall innnediately notify the Secretary of State and the clerk of 
ea«h county, town, and city in the state of its findings in the case of the revoca- 
tion of a certificate of registration or of its reissuance of a revoked certificate of 
registration. 

A new cei'tificate of registration to replace any certificate lost, destroyed or 
mutilated, may be used, subject to the rules and regulations of the Board. A. 
charge of one dollar shall be made for such reissuance. 

Sec. 10. The issuance of a certificate of registration l)v this Board shall 



14 ENGINEERS LICENSE LAWS 

be evidence that the person named therein is entitled to all the rights and priv- 
ileges of a registered architect, a registered engineer, a registered land surveyor 
or a registered assay er while the said certificate remains unrevoked or unexpired. 

Each registrant hereunder may upon registration obtain a seal of the design 
authorized by the Board, bearing the registrant's name and the legend, "Regis- 
tered Architect," ''Registered Professional Engineer," "Registered Land Sur- 
veyor," or "Registered Assayer." Plans, specifications, plats and reports is- 
sued by a registrant may be stamped with the said seal during the life of regis- 
trant's certificate, but it shall be unlawful for any one to stamp or seal any docu- 
ments with said seal after the certificate of the registrant named thereon has 
expired or has been revoked unless said certificate shall have been renewed or 
reissued. 

Sec. 11. Any person who after this Act has been in effect six months is 
not legally authorized to practice as an architect, an engineer or a land sur- 
veyor or assayer in this state according to the provisions of this Act and shall 
so practice, or offer so to practice in this state, except as provided in Section 12 
of this Act, and any person presenting or attempting to file as his own the cer- 
tificate of registration of another, or who shall give false or forged evidence of 
any kind to the Board, or to any member thereof, in obtaining a certificate of 
registration, or who shall falsely impersonate any other practitioner, of like or 
different name, or who shall use or attempt to use an expired or revoked certifi- 
cate of registration, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall for each 
such offense of which he is convicted be punished by a fine of not less than one 
hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by 
imprisonment for three months, or by both fine and imprisonment. However, 
nothing in this Act shall be construed as excluding any registered architect from 
the practice of engineering or as excluding any registered engineer from the 
practice of architecture. 

Sec. 12. The following shall be exempted from the provisions of this Act : 

1. Offering to practice in this state as an architect, an engineer, a land sur- 
veyor or an assayer, by any person not a resident of and having no established 
place of business in this state. 

2. Practice as an architect, an engineer, a land surveyor or an assayer in 
this state by any person not a resident of and having no established place of busi- 
ness in this state, when this practice does not aggregate more than thirty days 
in any calendar year; provided, that said person is legally qualified for such 
professional service in his own state or county. 

3. Practice as an architect, an engineer, a land suit ey or or an assayer in 
this state by any person not a resident of and having no established place of 
business in this state, or any person resident in this state, but whose arrival in 
the state is recent; provided, however, such person shall have filed an applica- 
tion for registration as an architect, an engineer, a land surveyor or an assayer 
and shall have paid the fee provided for in Section 8 of this Act. Such exemp- 
tion shall continue for only such reasonable time as the Board required in which 
to consider and grant or deny the said application for registration. 

4. Engaging in architectural, engineering, land surveying or assaying work 
as an employe of a registered architect, a registered engineer, a registered land 



STATE OF ARIZONA 15 

surveyor or a registered assayer, or as au employe of an architect, an engineer, a 
land surveyor or an assayer, authorized by ParagTaphs 2 and 3 of this Section, 
provided that said work may not include responsible charge of design or supervi- 
sion; or engaging, by a non-resident, in architectural, engineering, land survey- 
ing or assaying work as a fulUime employe of an individual, firm or corporation 
having an established business in this state, of any character, when such practice 
shall be temporally in character and in no event to exceed a period of ninety (90) 
days. 

5. Practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying or assaying by any 
person not a resident of and having no established place of bushiess in this state, 
as a consulting associate of an architect, an engineer, a land sun'eyor or an as- 
sayer registered under the provisions of this Act; provided, the non-resident is 
qualified for such professional service in his own state or country. 

6. Practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying or assaying solely 
as an officer or as an employe of the United States. 

7. Practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying or assaying solely 
as an employe of this state or any political subdivision thereof, at the time this 
act becomes effective and thereafter only until the expiration of the then exist- 
ing term of office of such employe. 

8. Designing or executing work of an architectural or engineering character 
by a person not an architect or an engineer; provided that such person does not 
represent himself as an architect or as an engineer; and provided further that 
on drawings, specifications or other documents prepared or issued by such person 
the title Architect or Engineer shall not be used, nor any other title which might 
imply that such person is an architect or an engineer. 

Sec. 13. A corporation or partnership may engage in the practice of archi- 
tecture, engineering, land sun'eying or assaying in this state, provided the person 
or persons connected with such corporation or partnership in responsible charge 
of such practice is or are registered as herein required of architects, engineers, 
land surveyors and assayers, or is or are otherwise authorized to practice. The 
same exemptions shall apply to corporations and partnerships as apply to in- 
dividuals under this Act. 

Sec. 14. One year after this Act goes into effect, neither the state nor any 
county, township, city, town or village nor other political subdivision of the state, 
shall engage in the construction or maintenance of any public work involving 
architecture or engineering for which the plans, specifications and estimates have 
not been made by, and the construction and maintenance supervised by, a reg- 
istered architect or a registered engineer, provided that nothing in this section 
shall be held to apply to such public work wherein the contemplated expenditure 
for the completed project does not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00). 

Sec. 15. Land surveying as covered by this Act refers only to surveys for 
the detei-mination of areas or for the establishment or re-establishment of land 
boundaries and the subdivisions and platting of land. Nothing in this Act shall 
be construed as prohibiting registered architects or registered engineers from 
making land surveys where such surveys are essential to architectural or engi- 
neering projects. 

Sec. 16. Any unrevoked or unexpired certificate of registration issued as 



16 ENGINEERS LICENSE LAWS 

provided in this Act shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places that 
the person named therein is legally registered to practice in the State of Arizona. 

Sec. 17. All words used herein importing the masculine gender may also 
imply as importing the feminine gender. 

Sec. 18. Any part of this Act that may be found to be unconstitutional 
shall not invalidate any other portion of the Act nor the whole thereof. 

Sec. 19. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this 
Act are hereby repealed. 



STATE OF COLORADO 

COLORADO STATE BOARD OF ENGINEER EXAMINERS 

Office— Capitol Building-, Denver, Col. 

President — Frank E. Shepard, Denver Engineering Co., Denver, Col. 

Secretary — Addison J. McCune, State Engineer, Capitol Building', Denver, Col. 

Assistant Secretary — E. G. Hosea, Capitol Building, Denver, Col. 

Herbert S. Sands, Westing-house Electric & Manufacturing Co., Denver, Col. 

R. J. Grant, 632 Humboldt Street, Denver, Col. 

H. I. Reid, Gazette Building, Colorado Springs, Col. 

THE COLORADO LAW 

Approved April 5, 1921 

CHAPTER 119 
ENGINEERING 

(S. B. No. 87, by Senators Rensliaw and O'Brien, and Messrs. Moore and Vandemoer) 

AN ACT 

TO REGULATE THE p{?ACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING 
AND LAND SURVEYING, CREATING A STATE BOARD OF EXAM- 
INERS FOR ENGINEERS AND LAJ^D SURVEYORS, PROVIDING 
FOR LICENSING ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS, PROVID- 
ING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ACT AND RE- 
PEALING CHAPTER 185 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF COLORADO, 
1919. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF 
COLORADO : 

Section 1. In order to safegiiai'd life, health and property, any person 
practicing or offering to practice engineering or land sun^eying in this State 
shall hereafter be requiied to submit evidence that he or she is qualitied so to 
practice, and shall be licensed as hereinafter provided, and from and after the 
passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person to practice or to offer 
to practice engineering or land surveying in this State, unless such person has 
been dulj^ licensed under the provisions of this Act. 

Sec. 2. To cany out the provisions of this Act, there is hereby created a 
state board of examiners for engineers and land surveyors hereinafter called the 
"board," consisting of five members, four of whom shall be appointed by the 
Governor within sixty days after this Act becomes effective, and the State Engi- 
neer shall be ex-officio the fifth member of the board and shall be Secretary- 
Treasurer. The members of this first board shall be appointed to serve for the fol- 
lowing terms: Two members for one year, two members for three years, said 

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terms ending on the first day of April of the succeeding years. On the expira- 
tion of each of said terms the term of office of each newly appointed or reap- 
pointed member of the board shall be for a period of four years and shall 
terminate on the first day of April. Each member shall hold over after the 
expiration of his term until his successor shall be duly appointed and qualified. 
The Governor may remove any member of the board fol* misconduct, incompe- 
tency or neglect of duty. Vacancies in the membership of the board, however 
created, shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired term. 

See. 3. Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States 
and a resident of this State at the time of his appointment. He shall have been 
engaged in the practice of his profession for at least ten years and shall have 
been in responsible charge of work for at least five years. He shall be a licensed 
engineer. Each member shall be reimbursed for all necessary traveling, incidental 
and clerical expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this Act. 

Sec. 4. Each member of the board shall receive a certificate of appoint- 
ment from the Governor, and before beginning his term of office he shall file 
with the Secretary of State the constitutional oath of office. The board or any 
committee thereof shall be entitled to the services of the Attorney General, in 
connection with the affairs of the board, and the board shall have power to com- 
pel the attendance of witnesses, may administer oaths and may take testimony 
and proofs concerning all matters within its jurisdiction. The board shall adopt 
and have an official seal which shall be affixed to all licenses granted and shall 
make all by-laws and rules not inconsistent with law, needed in performing its 
duty. / 

Sec. 5. The board shall hold a meeting within thirty days after its mem- 
bers are first appointed, and thereafter shall hold at least four regular meeting's 
each year. Special meetings shall be held as the by-laws of the board may pro- 
vide and at such places as the board may elect. Notice of all meetings shall 
be given in such manner as the by-laws may provide. The board shall elect 
annually at its first meeting after April 1st from its members a chairman and 
vice-chairman. A quorum of the board shall consist of not less than three 
members. 

Sec. 6. The Secretary of the board shall receive and account for all 
moneys derived from the operation of this Act and shall pay them to the State 
Treasurer, who shall keep such moneys in a separate fund to be known as the 
"Fund of the Board of Examiners for Engineers and Land Surveyors," which 
fund shall be continued from year to year and shall be drawn against only for 
the purpose of this Act as herein provided and shall not revert to the general 
fund. All expenses certified by the board as properly and necessarily incurred 
in the discharge of its duties, including authorized compensations and clerical 
help, shall be paid out of said fund on the warrant of tlie Auditor of the State 
issued on requisitions signed by the chairman and secretary of the board; pro- 
vided, however, that at no time after this Act has been in effect for one year 
shall the total of warrants issued exceed the total amount of funds accumulated 
under this Act. 

Sec. 7. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register of 
all applicants for license, showing for each the date of application, name, age, 



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educational and other qualifications, place of business and place of residence, 
whether or not an examination was required and whether the applicant was 
rejected, or a license granted, and the date of such action. The books and 
register of the board shall be prima facie evidence of all matters recorded 
therein. A roster showing the names and places of business of all licensed engi- 
neers and land surveyors shall be prepared during the month of November of 
each year, and kept on file in the office of the Secretary. On or before the 31si 
day of December of each year, the board shall submit to the Governor a report 
of its transactions for the preceding year, and shall file with the Secretary of 
State a copy of such report, together with a complete statement of the receipts 
and expenditures of the board, attested by the affidavits of the Chairman and the 
Secretary, and a copy of the said roster of licensed engineers and land sur- 
veyors. 

Sec. 8. The board shall, on application therefor, on prescribed form and 
upon the payment of a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00), issue a license: 

1. To any person who submits evidence satisfactory to the board that he 
or she is fully qualified to practice engineering or land surveying; or 

2. To any person who holds a like unexpired license issued to him or her 
by proper authority in any State or Territory of the United States, in which the 
requirements for the licensing of engineers or land surveyors are of a standard 
satisfactory to the board. 

Provided, however, that no person shall be eligible for license who is under 
twenty-five years of age, or who does not speak and write the English language, 
or who is not of good character and repute, or who has not been actively en- 
gaged for seven or more years in the practice of engineering or land surveying 
of character satisfactory to the board. However, each year of teaching or of 
study satisfactorily completed of engineering in a school of engineering of 
standing satisfactory to the board, shall be considered as equivalent to one year 
of such active practice. 

Unless disqualifying evidence be before the board, the following facts es- 
tablished in the application shall be regarded as prima facie "evidence, satis- 
factory to the board," that the applicant is fully qualified to practice pro- 
fessional engineering or land surveying. 

(a) Graduation, after a course of not less than four years, in engineering, 
from a school or college approved by the board as of satisfactory standing, and 
an additional three years of active engagements in engineering or land surveying, 
or the active engagement for seven (7) or more years in the practice of engi- 
neering or land surveying of a character satisfactory to the Board. 

(b) Applicants for license, in cases where the evidence originally pre- 
sented in the application does not appear to the board conclusive or warranting 
the issuance of a license, may present further evidence, which may include the 
results of a required examination, for the consideration of the board. 

In case the board denies the issuance of a license to an applicant, the license 
fee deposited shall be returned by the board to the applicant. 

Licenses shall expire on the last day of the month of December following 
their issue or renewal and shall become invalid on that date unless renewed. 
Renewal may be effected at any time prior to March 1st by the payment of a 



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fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) to the Secretary of the Board. The failure on the 
part of any registrant to renew his license annuallj'^ as required before March 
1st shall not deprive such person of the right of renewal thereafter, but the 
fee to be paid for the renewal of a license after March 1st shall be increased" 
ten per cent for each month or a fraction of a month that payment for renewal 
is delayed, provided, however, that the maximum fee for a delaj^ed renewal 
shall not exceed twice the normal fee. 

Sec. 9. The board shall have the power to revoke the license of any engi- 
neer or land survej^or licensed hereunder who is found guilty of any fraud or 
deceit in obtaining a license or of negligence, incompetency or a misconduct in 
the practice of engineering or land sun^eying. Any person may prefer charges 
of such fraud, deceit, negligence, incompetency, or misconduct against any engi- 
neer or land surveyor licensed hereunder; such charges shall be in writing and 
sworn to by the complainant and submitted to the board. Such charges, unless 
dismissed without hearing by the board as unfounded or trivial, shall be heard 
and determined by the board withm three months after the date on which they 
are preferred. A time and place for such hearing shall be fixed by the board. 
A copy of the charges, together with a notice of the time and place of hearing 
shall be legally served on the accused at least thirty days before the date fixed 
for the hearing, and in the event that such service cannot be effected thirty days 
before such hearing, then the date of hearing and determination shall be post- 
poned as may be necessary to permit the carrying out of this condition. At said 
hearing the accused shall have the right to appear personally or by counsel and 
to examine witnesses against him or her and to produce evidence and witnesses 
in his or her defense. If after said hearing three or more members of the 
board vote in favor of finding the accused guilty of any fraud or deceit in ob- 
taining license or of negligence, incompetency or misconduct in the practice 
of engineering or land surveying, the board shall revoke the license of the 
accused. 

The board may reissue a license to any person whose license has been re- 
voked, provided three or more members of the board vote in favor of such re- 
issue for reasons the board may deem sufficient. 

Sec. 10. The issuance of a license by this board shall be evidence that the 
person named therein is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a licensed 
engineer or land surveyor while the said license remains unrevoked or unexpired. 
Each licensee hereunder shall obtain a seal or license stamp of the design 
authoi-ized by tlie board, bearing the licensee's name and the legend "licensed engi- 
neer" or "licensed land surveyor." Plans, specifications, plats and reports issued 
by a licensee shall be stamped with said seal or stamp during the life of license, 
])ut it shall be unlawful for anyone to stamp or seal any documents with said 
seal after the license of the licensee named thereon has expired or has been 
revoked unless said certificate has been renewed or reissued. 

Sec. II. Any person who after this Act becomes effective, is not legally au- 
thorized to practice engineering or land surveying in this state according to the 
provisions of this Act and shall so practice, or offer so to practice in this state, 
except as provided in Section 12 of this Act, or any person presenting or at- 
lempliiig to file as liis own under the license of another, or who shall give false 



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or forged evidence of any kind to the board, or to aiiy iiieiiiber thereof, in ob- 
taining- a certificate of license, or who shall falsely impersonate any other prac- 
titioner, of like or different name, or who shall use or attempt to use an expired 
or revoked license, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall for each 
such offense of which he is convicted be punished by a fine of not less than 
one hundred dollars ($100.00) ftor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or 
by imprisonment for not more than three months, or by both fine and imprison- 
ment. 

Sec. 12. The following- shall be exempted from the provisions of this Act. 

1. Offering- to practice in this State as an engineer or land surveyor, by 
any person not a resident of and having- no established place of business in this 
State. 

2. Practice as an engineer or land surveyor in this State by any person 
not a resident in this State and having no established place of business in this 
State (when this practice does not ag-g-regate more than ninety (90) days in any 
calendar year; provided, that said person is legally qualified for such profes- 
sional service in his own State or count5^ 

3. Practice as a consulting- engineer by any person Avho is not a resident of 
this State, provided he is consulting with a licensed resident engineer. 

4. Practice as an engineer or land surv^eyor in this State by any person 
not a resident of and having- no established place of business in this State, or 
any pei'son resident in this State, but whose arrival in the State is recent; pro- 
vided, however, such a person shall have filed an application for a license as an 
engineer or land surveyor and shall have paid the fee provided for in Section 
8 of this Act. Such exemption shall continue for only such reasonable time as 
the Board requires in which to consider and grant or deny the said application 
for registration. 

5. Engaging- in licensed engineering or land suiTeying as an employe of a 
licensed engineer or licensed land surveyor, or as an employe of an engineer or 
land surveyor, authorized by paragTaphs 2 and 3 of this section, provided that 
said practice may not include responsible charge of design or supel'^dsion. 

6. Practice of engineering or land surveying solely as an officer or as an 
employe of the United States ujDon government works or projects. 

7. Practice of engineering or land surveying solely as an employe of this 
State or any political subdivision thereof, at the time this Act becomes effective 
and thereafter only until the expiration of the then existing tenn of office of 
such employe. 

8. Any person heretofore licensed to practice engineeruig or land survey- 
ing in this State shall be granted a license hereunder upon the payment of 
renewal fee as herein provided. 

Sec. 13. A corporation or partnership may engage in the practice of pro- 
fessional engineering or land surveying in this State, provided the person or 
persons connected with such corporation or partnership in charge of the design- 
ing or supervision which constitutes such practice is or are registered as hereiii 
required of engineers or land sui-veyors. The same exemptions shall apply to 
corporations^and partnerships as apply to individuals under this Act. 

Sec. 14. Land sul•^• eying as covered by this Act refers only to surveys for 



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the determination of areas or for the establishment or re-establishment of land 
boundaries and the subdivision and platting- of land. Nothing in this Act shall 
be construed as prohibiting licensed engineers from making land surveys. 

Sec. 15. The State Treasurer shall upon the taking effect of this Act; 
transfer all funds from the fund designated as the "Engineers Examiners Fund" 
to the fund herein created designed "Fund of the Board of Examiners for Engi- 
neers and Land Surveyors." 

Sec. 16. The Board of Examiners are empowered to use the funds in its 
control to pay the traveling expenses of a representative to the meeting of the 
Council of State Boards of Engineer Examiners and they are also empowered to 
appropriate any such funds as are in the "Fund of the Board of Examiners for 
Engineers and Land Surveyors" and not necessary for the provisions of this 
Act, for the purchase of technical books and publications. 

Sec. 17. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the rights, privi- 
leges and duties of architects licensed to .practice under the provisions of an 
Act as defined in "An Act to provide for the licensing of architects and regu- 
lating the practice of architecture in the StMe of Colorado," approved April 
26, 1909, in force October 25, 1909, and all amendments thereto; provided, that 
nothing contained in this Act shall prevent draftsmen or other assistants of 
those legally practicing as licensed engineers from acting under the instruction, 
control or supervision of their employers or shall prevent the employment of 
superintendents of construction, paid by the owner, from acting, if under the 
control and direction of a licensed engineer. 

Sec. 18. The Act approved April 9, 1919, being Chapter 185, of the Ses- 
sion Laws of Colorado, 1919, is hereby repealed and any and all Acts or parts 
of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. If, for any reason, any 
provision of this Act shall be declared unconstitutional, it shall not affect the 
operation of the other provisions of this Act. 

Sec. 19. The General Assembly hereby declares that this Act is necessaiy 
for the immediate preservation of the public safety. 

Sec. 20. In the opinion of the General Assembly an emergency exists; 
therefore, this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 

Approved April 5, 1921. 



STATE OF FLORIDA 

FLORIDA STATE BOARD OF ENGINEERING EXAMINERS 

Office — 215 E. Bay St., Jacksonville, Fla. 

President — C. S. Hammatt, Jacksonville, Fla. 
Vice-President — C. H. Buggles, West Palm Beach, Fla. 
Secretary-Treasurer — A. D. Stevens, Jacksonville, Fla. 
G. K. Armes, Tallahassee, Fla. 
H. D. Mendenhall, Lakeland, Fla. 

RULINGS 

OF THE 

FLORIDA STATE BOARD OF ENGINEERING EXAMINERS 

A period of six months was adopted to apply to section 19, which provides 
that all non-resident engineers be allowed six months in which to become regis- 
tered; and in event that registration is not approved by the Board within that 
time the applicant shall not be allowed to practice. 

The ruling of the Board on Section 19, which has been sustained by the 
Attorney-General of the State, is that: AVlierein it is set out that this Act 
is not applicable to any "professional engineer employed as an assistant to a 
professional engineer registered under this Act," does not exclude from the 
provisions of the Act anyone who is an assistant to a professional engineer when 
such assistant is in responsible charge of engineering work in this State. 

The Board has ruled that in case a registered Engineer shall leave the 
State and fail to renew his certificate for one or more years, and later returns 
to Florida and renews the practice of his profession, he will be issued a re- 
newal certificate under the same number as formerly recorded upon the payment 
of the renewal fee for that year. 

The Board has ruled that the examination may consist of the applicant's 
written sworn chronological statement of his entire professional education and 
experience in responsible charge of engineering work. If, in the opinion of the 
Board, the statement is not complete or qualifying, the Board may then sum- 
mons the applicant to appear for further examination, and investigate his 
record of professional service. 

The Board has ruled that the submission of plans for Engineering work in 
the State of Florida is the equivalent of practicing Engineering and is covered 
by Section 18 oi this Act, and their ruling has been sustained by the Attorney- 
General. 

The Board has adopted as a standard seal for use of Registered Engineers, 
one of a round pattern having the following wording: 

In the outer circle, above "the name of the individual Engineer," below 
the words "Registered Engineer." Within the inner circle the word "Certifi- 

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cate" at the top and "Florida" at the bottom having in the center "No " 

with the recorded number of the Engineer's certificate and the words "State of" 
below the number. 

THE FLORIDA LAW 

Chapter 7404 (No. 146), Acts of 1917 

AN ACT 

PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A 
FLORIDA STATE BOARD OF ENGINEERING EXAMINERS, 
GRANTING CERTAIN POWERS TO AND PRESCRIBING THE 
DUTIES OF SAID BOARD; PRiOVIDING FOR THE EXAMINA- 
TION AND REGISTRATION OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, 
REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF ENGINEERING IN THE STATE 
OF FLORIDA, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLA- 
TION OF THIS ACT. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF FLOR- 
IDA: 
Section 1. Definitions. As used in this Act : 

(a) The "Board" means the State Board of Engineering Examiners pro- 
vided for by this Act. 

(b) A person practices "Professional Engineering" within the meaning of 
this Act who practices any branch of the profession of engineering other than 
military engineering. The practice of said profession embraces the design and 
the supervision of the construction of public and private utilities, such as 
railroads, bridges, highways, roads, canals, harbors, river improvements, light- 
houses, wet docks, dry docks, ships, barges, dredges, cranes, floating docks and 
other floating property, the design and the supervision of the construction of 
steam engines, turbines, internal combustion engines and other mechanical 
structures, electrical machineiy and apparatus, and of w^orks for the develop- 
ment, transmission or application of power, the design and the supervision of 
mining operations and of processes and apparatus for cari-ying out such opera- 
tions, and the design and the supervision of the construction of municipal works, 
irrigation works, water supply works, sewerage works, drainage works, industrial 
works, safiitaiy works, hydraulic works and structural" works and other public 
or private utilities or works which require for their design or the supervision of 
their construction such experience and technical knowledge as are required in 
Section 8 of this Act for admission to examination. The execution as a con- 
tractor of work designed by a professional engineer or the supervision of the 
construction of such work as a foreman or superintendent for sujch a contractor 
shall not be deemed to be the practice of professional engineering within the 
meaning of this Act; nor shall this Act apply to a person acting as a public 
officer employed by the State, a County or a Mnnicipality of this State on work 
where the estimated cost of the same is $1,000.00 or less. 

(c) Professional Engineer means any person who practices professional 
engineering. 



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Sec. 2. After the lii'st day of January, nineteen hundred and eighteen, no 
person shall practice professional engineering- without having first been duly 
and regularly registered by the Board as a professional engineer as required by 
this Act, nor shall any person practice professional engineering whose authority 
to practice is revoked by the Board; and after the tirst day of January, nine- 
teen hundred and eighteen, every map, plan and drawing required by law to be 
certified or approved by a professional engineer shall be certified or approved 
by a professional engineer duly and regularly registered by the Board as a pro- 
fessional engineer as required by this Act and shall bear the date and the num- 
ber of the certificate of registration of such professional engineer. 

Sec. 3. There shall be a State Board of Engineering Examiners consisting 
of five members to be appointed by the Governor, three of whom shall be civil 
engineers, one a mining or electrical engineer, and the other one a mechanical 
engineer or naval architect. Of the members of the Board first appointed here- 
under two shall hold office for a term of two years ending the first day of July, 
nineteen hundred and nineteen. Two shall hold office for a term of three years 
ending the first day of July, nineteen hundred and twenty. lOne shall hold office 
for a term of four years ending the first day of July, nineteen hundred and 
twenty-one. The term of office of each member so appointed shall begin on the 
first day of July, nineteen hundred and seventeen. Upon the expiration of each 
of such terms the term of office of each member thereafter appointed shall be 
four years. Each member shall hold over after the expiration of his term until 
his successor shall be duly appointed and qualified. The Governor may remove 
any member of the Board for misconduct, incapacity or neglect of duty. Va- 
cancies in the Board caused by death, resignation or removal from office shall be 
filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired term. Each member 
of the Board shall be a professional engineer of at least ten years' active ex- 
perience and of recognized good standing in his profession and shall be at least 
thirty-five years of age and shall have been a resident of this State for at least 
three years immediately preceding his appointment. Each member of said 
Board, except the members first appointed hereundei*, shall also be registered as 
professional engineer under this Act, and be also a member in good standing of a 
recognized engineering society. The members of the Board shall serve without 
compensation except traveling and other necessaiy expenses. 

Sec. 4. Eveiy member of the Boai-d shall receive a certificate of his ap- 
pointment from the Governoi- and before beginning his term of office shall file 
with the Secretary of State his written oath for the faithful discharge of his 
official duty. Each member of the Board first appointed hereunder shall receive 
a certificate of registration under this Act from said Board. The Board shall 
adopt and have an official seal. The Board may make all by-laws and rules not 
inconsistent with law needed in performing itvS duties; but no by-law or rule 
by which more than a majority vote is required for any specified action by the 
Board shall be amended, suspended or repealed by a smaller vote than that 
required for action thereunder. 

Sec. 5. The Board shall biennially elect from its members a president, a 
vice-president and a secretaiy who shall also be treasurer, for the ensuing bi- 
ennial term. The Secretaiy shall give a bond in such amount and with such 



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sureties as may be approved by the Board conditioned upon the faithful per- 
formance of his duties and for the accounting for, and payment of, all moneys 
received by him. The Secretary shall keep on file a record of all certificates of 
registration issued, and he shall receive and account for all fees derived from 
the operation of this Act. 

The Board shall hold at least two regTilar meetings in each year. Special 
meetings may be called in such manner as the by-laws of the Board may pro- 
vide. Notice of all meetings shall be given in such manner as the by-laws of 
the Board may provide. At all meetings a majority of the Board shall cod- 
stitute a quorum. 

Sec. 6. The Board shall have power to employ, during its pleasure, such 
clerks and other employes and to rent such offices as may be necessary for the 
proper performance by it of its duties as in this Act prescribed. 

Sec. 7. The expenses of the Board and of the examinations held by the 
Board and of any other matter in connection with the provisions of this Act 
shall be paid from the registration fees collected as herein provided and not 
otherwise, and in no case shall any of such expenses be paid by the State of 
Florida nor be cnarged against said State. 

The members or the Board shall be entitled to reimbursements for their 
traveling and hotel expenses incurred in pursuance of their duties. 

Any surplus funds remaining in the hands of the Board or of its Secretai-y 
and Treasurer shall be subject from time to time to the further provisions of 
the Legislature. 

Sec. 8. The Board shall admit to examination any candidate who pays 
a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) and submits evidence, certified by oath and 
satisfactory to the Board, that he 

(a) Is more than twenty-one years of age, 

(b) Is of good character, and 

(c) Has been engaged upon engineering work for at least six years and 
during that period has had charge of engineering work, as principal or as- 
sistant, for at least one year; 

(d) Or, in lieu of requirement (c) specified above, is a graduate from an 
engineering school of recognized good reputation and has been engaged upon 
engineering work for at least four years and during that period has had charge 
of engineering work, as principal or assistant, for at least one year. 

Sec. 9. Examinations for registration shall be held at regular or special 
meetings of the Board at such times and at such places within the State in each 
year as the Board shall determine. Tlie scope of the examinations and the 
methods of procedure shall be prescribed by the Board. The examination may 
be either oral or partly oral and partly written. As soon as practicable after 
the close of each examination the members of the Board who shall have con- 
ducted such examination shall make and sign and file with the Secretary a 
certificate stating the action of the Board upon the application of each candi- 
date, whereupon the Secretary of the Board shall notify each candidate of the 
result of his examination. 

Sec. 10. Upon receipt of an additional fee of ten dollars ($10.00) the 
Board shall issue to any applicant who has been certified as having passed the 



STATE OF FLORIDA 27 

examination conducted by the Board a certificate of registration signed by the 
President and Secretary of the Board under the seal of the Board, whereupon 
each applicant shall be authorized to practice professional engineering as 
defined by this Act. 

The Board shall from time to time examine the requirements for the reg- 
istration of professional engineers in other states, territories and countries 
and shall record those in which, in the judgment of the Board, standards not 
lower than those provided by this Act are maintained. The Secretary of the 
Board, upon the presentation to him by any person of satisfactory evidence 
that such person holds a certificate of registration issued to such person by 
proper authority in any such state, territory or country so recorded and upon 
receipt by him of a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), shall issue to such 
person a certificate of registration under this Act, signed by the President and 
Secretary under the seal of the Board, whereupon the person to whom such 
certificate is issued shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges conferred 
by a certificate issued after examination by the Board. 

Sec. 11. The Board shall at any time on or before the thirty-first day of 
December, nineteen hundred and seventeen, issue a certificate of registration 
signed by the President and the Secretaiy of the Board under the seal of the 
Board, upon due application therefor and the payment of a fee of twenty-five 
dollars ($25.00), to any professional engineer who shall submit evidence, veri- 
fied by oath and satisfactoiy to the Board, that he is of good character and 
has been a resident of the State of Florida for at least one year immediately 
preceding the date of his application, and has practiced professional engi- 
neering for at least ten years preceding the date of his application and during 
that period has had charge of^ engineering work as principal or assistant for at 
least two years. After the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and 
seventeen, the Board shall issue certificates of registration only as herein pro- 
vided. 

Sec. 12. All certificates of registration issued by the Board and its Sec- 
retary shall be in such form as the by-laws of the Board may prescribe. Be- 
fore any certificate of registration is issued by the Board and its Secretary, it 
shall be numbered and recorded in a book kept for that purpose with the Sec- 
retaiy and the number of the certificate shall be noted on the certificate. Such 
record- shall be open to public inspection and in all actions or proceedings in 
any court such record or a transcript of any part thereof certified by the Sec- 
retary of the Board under the seal of the Board to be a true copy shall be 
entitled to admission in evidence. 

The Board shall have power at any time to inquire into the identity of any 
person claiming to be a registered professional engineer and after due service 
of a notice in writing, require him to prove to the satisfaction of the Board 
that he is the person authorized to practice professional engineering under the 
certificate of registration by virtue of which he claims the privilege of this Act. 

When the Board finds' that a person claiming to be a professional engmeer 
registered under this Act is not in fact the person to whom the certificate of 
registration was issued, it shall reduce its findings to writing and file them 
in its office. Such findings shall be prima facie evidence that the person men- 



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tioned therein is falsely impersonating a professional engineer of a like or 
different name. 

The Board may revoke a certificate of registration of a professional engi- 
neer for fraud or deceit in the securing of his certificate or for the conviction 
of crime. Proceedings for the revocation of a certificate of registration shall 
be begun by filing with the Board a written charge or charges against the ac- 
cused. These charges may be preferred by any person or corporation or the 
Board may on its own motion direct its Secretary to prefer such charges. When 
charges are preferred against a professional engineer, registered under the 
provisions of this Act, the Board shall designate not less than three of its 
number as a committee to hear and determine said charge. A time and place 
for the hearing shall be fixed by said committee and a copy of the charges, to- 
gether with a notice of the time and place for the hearing, shall be sen-ed upon 
the accused or his comisel at least ten days before the date fixed for said hear- 
ing. "\ATiere personal service or service upon counsel cannot be effected and 
such fact is certified on oath by any person duly authorized to make legal 
service, the Board shall cause to be published for at least five times, the first 
publication to be at least thirty days prior to the hearing, in two newspapers 
published in the section of the State in which the accused was last known to 
practice, a notice to the effect that at a definite time and place a hearing will be 
held on the charges against the accused upon an application to revoke his cer- 
tificate. At said hearing the accused shall have the right to cross-examine wit- 
nesses against him and produce witnesses in his defense and to appear per- 
sonally or by counsel. The said committee shall make a Avritten report of its 
findings and recommendations and shall forthwith submit the same to the 
Board. If the Board shall sustain the findings of the committee and it is the 
decision of the Board that said certificate should be revoked the Board shall 
thereupon give written notice to the said professional engineer against whom 
the charges are preferred of its mtention so to do, whereupon the said pro- 
fessional engineer against whom said charges have been preferred shall have 
the right within sixty days to appeal to any court in equity or law, having 
proper jurisdiction, against the action of the said Board and the action of the 
Board shall be subject to review and decision of said court, or of a higher 
court, if appeal is taken. In the event that the said professional engineer 
against whom charges have been preferred shall not within sixty days appeal 
from the decision of the Board in the manner above provided, the Board shall 
have the power and authority to thereupon, or as soon thereafter as practicable, 
annul and revoke the said certificate of registratiou. The action of the Board 
shall be recorded in the same manner as certificates of registration are 
recorded and the name of the person whose certificate of registration is so re- 
voked shall be stricken from the list of registered professional engineers and 
he shall be disqualified from practicing as a professional engineer in the State 
of Florida. 

The Board may re-issue a certificate of registration to any person whose 
certificate has been revoked, but only after the expiration of one year from 
the date of such revocation, for reasons which the Board shall determine to 
be satisfactory. 



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Sec. 13. Every certified in-ofessional engineer so registered under this 
Act who desires to continue tlie practice of his profession shall annually pay 
to the Secretary of the Board a fee of five dollars (.^5.00) on or before a date 
t® be fixed by the Board, for which fee a renewal certificate of registration 
for the current year shall be issued. 

Sec. 14. It shall be unlawful for any professional engineer to participate 
in or derive any profit from the subject-matter of his professional employ- 
ment, either in the matter of construction work or materials. 

Sec. 15. Every unrevoked certificate and endorsement of registry made 
as provided in this Act shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places 
that the person named therein is legally registered. 

Sec. It). The provisions of this Act shall apply to eveiy corporation, 
domestic or foreign, engaged in the business of professional engineering 
within the State of Florida, except that certificates of registration issued here- 
under shall be held by one or more of its officers or employes instead of by 
such corporation. 

Sec. 17. The Board shall, during the month of April in each year, cer- 
tify and publish a complete list of registered professional engineers with their 
business addresses in a newspaper published in the State of Florida. 

Sec. 18. Anj" person who, not being then legally authorized to practice 
professional engineering within this State according to the provisions of this 
Act and so registeied according to law, shall practice, or attempt or advertise 
to practice, or hold himself out as authorized to practice professional en- 
gineering, or shall use in coimection with his name, or othenvise assume, use or 
advertise any title or designation tending to convey the impression that he is 
a professional engineer, and any person Avho shall buy, sell or fraudulently 
obtain any certificate of registration or who shall aid or abet such buying, 
selling or fraudulently obtaining, or who shall practice, or attempt or ad- 
vertise to practice or hold himself out as authorized to practice professional 
engineering under cover of any certificate obtained or issued fraudulently or 
unlawfully or under fraudulent representations or Avilful mis-statement of fact 
in a material regard and any person who shall practice, or attempt or ad- 
vertise to practice, or hold himself out as authorized to practice professional 
engineering under a false or assumed name or who shall falsely impersonate 
any professional engineer or former professional engineer of a like or different 
name or who shall violate any of the provisions of this Act, shall be guilty 
of a misdemeanoi', and upon conviction thereof shall be punished according 
to law, and in addition his certificate of registration shall l)e automatically 
revoked. 

Sec. in. This Act shall not apply to any professional engineei- working for 
the United States Government; nor to any professional engineer employed as 
an assistant to a professional engineer registered under this Act; nor to any 
professional engineei- coming from without this State and employed therein 
until a reasonable time, as prescribed by the rules of the Board (six months), 
shall have ela))sed to permit the registration of such person under this Act, 
provided that before practicing within this State he shall have aii])lied for the 
issuance to him of a certificate of registration and shall li;\ve jmid the fee 
prescribed in this Act for admission t-o examination. 



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Sec. 20. This Act shall not apply to any architect registered by the State 
of Florida under the provisions of the Act creating the State Board of Ar- 
chitecture nor to any of the provisions of said Act. 

Sec. 21. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this 
Act be and the same are hereby repealed. 

Sec. 22. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and 
approval by the Governor. 



STATE OF INDIANA 

INDIANA STATE BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR PROFESSIONAL 
ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS 

Office— State Capitol, Indianapolis, Ind. 

Chairman — Robt. L. McCormick, Terrc Haute, Ind. 

Secretary — DeWitt V. Moore, State Capitol, Indianapolis, Ind. 

Chas. W. Cole, South Bend, Ind. 

Clyde A. Walb, LaGrange, Ind. 

Harvey M. Anthony, Muncie, Ind. 

THE INDIANA LAW 

Approved March 10, 1921 
CHAPTER 169 

AN ACT 

TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING 
AND LAND SURVEYING; TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION 
:0F PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS; AND 
FIXING A PENALTY. 

[H. 43. Approved March 10, 1921.] 
Professional Engineers and Surveyors — License. 

Section 1. Be it enacted hy the general assembly of the State of Indiana, 
TBat in order to safeguard life, health and property, any person practicing or 
offering to practice professional engineering or land surveying in this State 
shall hereafter be required to submit evidence that he or she is qualified so to 
practice and shall be registered as hereinafter provided and from and after 
six months after this Act goes into effect, it shall be unlawful for any person 
to practice or offer to practice professional engineering or land sui^eying in 
this State unless such person has been duly registered under the provisions 
of this act. 

Exemptions from Registration. 

Sec. 2. Nothing in this Act shall be consti-ued as requiring registration for 
the purpose of practicing professional engineering, or land surveying by an 
individual, firm or corporation on property owned or leased by said individual, 
firm or corporation unless the same involves the public safety or public health. 

Board of Registration— Appointment. 

Sec. 3. To carry out the provisions of this Act, there is hereby created 
a state board of registration for professional engineers and land sui-veyors, 
herein called the "Board," consisting of five members who shall be appointed 
by the Governor within sixt}^ days after this Act goes into effect. At least 

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two members shall be professional engineers, and at least two members shall 
be land surveyors. The members of the first Board shall be appointed to serve 
for the following terms: Tavo members for one year; two members for two 
years, and one member for three years; said term ending on the first day of 
Januaiy of the succeeding years. On the expiration of each of the said terms 
the term of ofhce of each newly appointed or reappointed member of the 
Board shall be for a period of three years and shall terminate on the first 
day of January. Each member shall hold over after the expiration of his term 
until the successor shall be duly appointed and qualitied. The Governor may 
remove any member of the Board for misconduct, incompetence or neglect of 
duty. Vacancies in the membership of the Board, however created, shall be 
filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired term. 

Qualification of Members— Per Diem. 

Sec. 4. Each member of the Board shall be a citizen of the United States 
and a resident of this State at the time of his appointment. He shall have 
been engaged in the practice of his profession for at least ten years and shall 
have been in responsible charge of work for at least five years. He shall be 
a member in good standing of a« recognized societj' of professional engineers 
or surveyors and except as provided in section 5 shall be a registered profes- 
sional engineer or a registered land surveyor. Each member of the Board shall 
receive ten dollars ($10) per day for attending sessions of the Board or of 
its committees, and for the time spent in necessaiy travel, and, in addition, 
shall be reimbursed for all necessary traveling, incidental and clerical expenses 
incurred in carrying out the provisions of this Act. 

Commission of Members— Organization of Board— Official Seal. 

Sec. 5. Each member of the Board shall receive a certificate of appoint- 
ment from the Governor, and before beginning his term of office he shall file 
with the Secretary of State an oath of office. Each member of the Board first 
created shall receive a certificate of registration under this Act from the 
Governor of this State. The Board or any committee thereof shall be entitled 
to the services of the Attorney General in connection with the affairs of the 
Board, and the Board shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses, 
may administer oaths and may take testimony and proofs concerning all mat- 
ters within its jurisdiction. The Boai'd sliall employ a competent secretary 
to be selected by the Board, but who shall not be a member of the Board. The 
Board shall adopt and have an official seal which shall be affixed to all cer- 
tificates of registration granted; and shall make all bylaws and rules not in- 
consistent with law, needed in performing its duty. Suitable office quarters 
shall be provided by the State foi- tlie use of the Board in the city of 
Indianapolis. 

Meetings of Board — Chairman and Vice-Chairman— Quorum. 

Sec. 0. The Board shall hold a meeting within thirty days after its mem- 
bers are fii'st apjiointed, and thereafter shall hold at least two regular meetings 
each year, S])ecinl meetings shall be held at such times as the l)vlaws of the 
Board may provide. Notice of all meetings shall be given in such manner as 



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the bylaws may provide. The Board sliall elect annually from its members 
a chairman and a vice-chairman. Three members of the Board shall constitute 
a quorum for the transaction of all business except as otherwise provided in 
section 11. 

Funds— Duty of Secretary— Bond. 

Sec. 7. The secretary of the Board shall receive and account for all 
moneys derived from the operation of this Act and shall pay them into the 
State Treasury. Such funds shall be kept in a separate fund to be known as 
the "Fund of the Board of registration for professional engineers and land 
suiTeyors," which fund shall be continued from year to year and shall be drawn 
against only for the purpose of this Act as herein provided, except that at 
the end of each fiscal year of the State of Indiana any excess above five 
thousand dollars ($5,000) in said fund shall revert to the common school fund 
of the State of Indiana. All expenses certified by the Board as properly and 
necessarily incurred in the discharge of its duties, including authorized com- 
pensation, shall be paid out of said fund on the warrant of the Auditor of the 
State issued on requisitions signed by the chairman and the secretary of the 
Board; Provided, however, That at no time after this Act has been in effect 
shall the total of warrants issued exceed the total amount in said fund. The 
secretary of the Board shall give a surety bond by some surety company au- 
thorized to transact business in Indiana and conditioned upon the faithful per- 
formance of his duties. The premium on said bond shall be a proper and 
necessaiy expense of the Board. 

Records and Register— Report to Governor. 

Sec. 8. The Board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register 
of all applicants for registration showing for each the date of application, 
name, age, education and other qualifications, place of business and place of 
residence, whether or not an examination was required and whether the ap- 
plicant was rejected, or a certificate of registration granted and the date of 
such action. A roster showing the names and places of business and of resi- 
dence of all registered professional engineers, and land surveyors, shall be 
prepared by the secretary of the Board before the first day of December of 
each year; such roster shall be printed by the State as other State reports are 
printed and shall be paid for out of the funds of the Board as provided in sec- 
tion 7. 

On the last day of each fiscal year of the State of Indiana, the Board shall 
submit to the Governor a report of its transactions for the preceding year, and 
shall file with the Secretary of State a copy of such report, together with a 
complete statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Board, attested by 
the affidavits of the chairman and the secretaiy, and a copy of the said roster 
of registered professional engineers and registered land surveyors. 

Requirements for Certificate of Registration— Renewal— Fees. 

« 
Sec. 9. The Board shall, on application therefor, on prescribed form and 

the payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) issue a certificate of registra- 
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1. To any person who submits evidence satisfactory to the Board that he 
or she is fully qualified to practice professional engineering or land surveying; 
or 

2. To any person who holds a like unexpired certificate of registration 
issued to him or her by proper authority in any State or Territory of the 
United States, or in any Province of Canada, in which the requirements for 
the registration of professional engineers or land surveyors are of a standard 
satisfactory to the Board : Provided, hoivever, That no person shall be eligible 
for registration who is under twenty-five years of age, who is not a citizen of 
the United States, or Canada, or who has not made declaration of his or her 
intention to become a citizen of the United States, who does not speak or write 
the English language, who is not of good moral character, and repute, and 
who has not been actively engaged for six or more years in the practice of 
professional engineering, or land surveying, of character satisfactory to the 
Board ; Provided, ho'wever, That each year of teaching or of study satisfactorily 
completed of engineering in a school of engineering shall be considered as 
equivalent to one year of such active practice. 

Unless disqualifying evidence be before the Board the following facts es- 
tablished in the application shall be regarded as prima facie evidence satis- 
factory to the Board that the applicant is fully qualified to practice professional 
engineering or land surveying: 

(a) Ten or more years of active engagement in professional engineering 
or land surveying work; 

(b) Graduation after a course of not less than four years, in engineering, 
from a school or college approved by the Board as of satisfactory standing, 
and an additional four years af active engagement in professional engineering, 
or land surveying work. 

Applicants for registration, in cases where the evidence originally pre- 
sented in the application does not appear to the Board conclusive or warranting 
the issuance of a certificate, may present further evidence which may include 
the results of a required examination, for the consideration of the Board. 

In case the Board denies the issuance of a certificate to an applicant sixty 
per cent of the registration fee deposited shall be returned by the Board to the 
applicant. 

Certificates of registration shall expire on the last day of the month im- 
mediately following the expiration of the fiscal year iri which they were issued 
or renewed, and shall be invalid after that date unless renewed. It shall be 
the duty of the secretary of the Board to notify by mail eveiy j^erson registered 
hereunder of the date of expiration of his certificate and the amount of the 
required fee for its renewal for one year; such notice should be mailed at least 
one month in advance of the date of the expiration of said certificate and the 
amount of the required fee for its renewal for one year; such notice should be 
mailed at least one month in advance of the date of the expiration of said 
certificate. Renewal may be effected at any time by the payment of a fee of 
ten dollars ($10) to the secretaiy of the Board, which payment shall be ac- 
credited to the funds of the fiscal year for which paid. The failure on the 
part of any registrant to renew his certiticato annually as required above shall 



STATE OF INDIANA 35 

not deprive such ]jers()ii oJ' the right of renewal thereafter, but the fee to be 
paid for the renewal of a certificate that has become invalid by failure to 
renew, shall be increased ten per cent for each month or a fraction of a month 
that payment for renewal is delayed: Provided, however, Tliat the maximum 
fee for delayed renewal shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20). 

Certificate for Engineers and Surveyors Practicing at the time this Act 
became effective. 

Sec. 10. At any time within one year after this Act goes into effect upon 
due application therefor and the payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25), 
the Board shall issue a certificate of registration, as provided by section 9, to 
any professional engineer or land surveyor who shall submit evidence under 
oath satisfactory to the Board that he is of good character, has been a resident 
of the State of Indiana for at least one year immediately preceding the date 
of his application, and was practicing- professional engineering or land sur- 
veying at the time that this Act became effective. After this Act shall have 
been in effect one year the Board shall issue certificates of registration only as 
provided in section 9 thereof. 

Revoking of Certificates— Hearings— Appeal. 

Sec. 11. The Board shall have the power to revoke the certificate of 
registration of any professional engineer or land surveyor registered hereunder 
who is found guilty of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate of registra- 
tion or of gross negligence, incomipetence or misconduct in the practice of 
professional engineering or land surveying. Any person may prefer charges 
of such fraud, deceit, negligence, incompetence or misconduct against any pro- 
fessional engineer or land surveyor registered hereunder; such charges shall be 
in writing and sworn to by the complainant and submitted to the Board. Such 
charges, unless dismissed without hearing by the Board as unfounded or trivial, 
shall be heard and determined by the Board within three months after the date 
on which they are preferred. A time and place for such hearing shall be fixed 
by the Board. A copy of the charges, together with a notice of the time and 
place of hearing shall be legally served on the accused at least thirty days 
befoi-e the date fixed for the hearing and in the event tjiat such service cannot 
be effected thirty days before such hearing, then the date of hearing and deter- 
mination shall be postponed as may be necessary to permit the carrying out of 
this condition. At said hearing the accused shall have the right to appear per- 
sonally and by counsel and to cross-examine witnesses against him or her and 
to produce evidence and witnesses in his or her defense. If after said hearing- 
four or more members of the Board vote in favor of finding the accused guilty 
of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate or of gross negligence, inconiz 
petence or misconduct in the practice of professional engineering or land sur- 
vej^ing the Board shall revoke the certificate of registration of the accused. 

The decision of the Board shall be subject to review in the Marion circuit 
court of Marion county, such appeal to be taken within six months after the 
day on which the order was made by the Board. 

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certificate has been revoked, provided four or more members of the Board vote 
in favor of such reissue. 

The Board shall immediately notify the Secretary of State of its findings 
as to the issuance, re^■ocation or reissuance of certificates of registration. 

A new certificate of registration to replace any certificate lost, destroyed 
or mutilated may be issued, subject to the rules and regiilations of the Board. 
A charge of one dollar ($1) shall be made for such reissue. 

Seal. 

Sec. 12. The issuance of a certificate of registration by this Board shall 
be evidence that the person named therein is entitled to all the rights and 
privileges of a registered professional engineer, or registered land surveyor, 
while the said certificate remams unrevoked or unexpired. 

Each registrant hereunder shall upon registration obtain a seal of the de- 
sign authorized by the Board, bearing the registrant's name and the legend 
"professional engineer" or "land surveyor." Plans, specifications, plats and 
reports issued by a registi'ant may be stamped with said seal during the life 
of registrant's certificate, but it shall be unlawful for anyone to stamp or seal 
any document with said seal after the certificate of the registrant named thereon 
has expired or has been revoked unless said certificate has been renew^ed or 
reissued. 

Penalties Under this Act. 

Sec. 13. Any person who after this Act has been in. effect six months is not 
legally authorized to practice professional engineering or land surveying in 
this State according to the provisions of this Act, and shall so practice or offer 
so to practice in this State, except as provided in section 14 of this Act, and 
any person presenting or attempting to file as his own the certificate of registra- 
tion of another, or who shall give false or forged evidence of any kind to the 
Board, or to any member thereof, in obtaining a certificate of registration or 
who shall falsely impersonate any other practicioner [practitioner] of like or 
different name, or who shall use or attempt to use an expired or revoked cer- 
tificate of registration, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall for each 
offense of which he is convicted be punished by a fine of not less than one 
hundred dollars ($100). nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by im- 
prisonment for three months, or by both fine and imprisonment. 

Exemptions from Provisions of this Act. 

Sec. 14. The following shall be exempted from the provisions of this Act : 

1. Offering to practice in this Slate as a professional engineer or land 
surveyor, by any person not a resident of and having no established place of 
business in this State. 

2. Practice as a professional engineer, or land surveyor, in this State by 
any person not a resident of and having no established place of business in 
this State, or any person resident in this State, but whose arrival in this State 
is recent: Provided, however, Such a ]:)erson shall have filed an application for 
registration as a professional engineer or a land surveyor and shall have paid 
the fee provided for in section 9 of this Act. Such exemption shall continue 



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for only such reasonable time as the Board requires in which to consider and 
grant or deny the said application for registration. 

3. Engaging in professional engineering or land surveying as an employe 
of a registered professional engineer, or a registered land surveyor, or as an 
employe of a professional engineer, or a land surveyor, authorized by paragi'aph 
2 of this section. 

4. Practice of professional engineering and land surveying solely as an 
officer of the United States. 

5. Practice of professional engineering, or land surveying, solely as an 
employe or olficer of this State or any political subdivision thereof at the time 
this Act becomes effective and thereafter only until the expiration of the then 
existing term of office of such employe. 

6. Practice of land surveying bj^ a duly elected and Cjualified county sur- 
veyor of any county in the State of Indiana. 

Corporations or Partnerships. 

Sec. 15. A corporation or partnership may engage in the practice of pro- 
fessional engineering or land surveying in this State provided the person or 
persons connected with such corporation or partnership in charge of the de- 
signing or supervision which constitutes such practice is or are registered as 
herein required of professional engineers and land surveyors. The same ex- 
emptions shall apply to corporations as apply to individuals under this Act. 

Land Surveying. 

Sec. 16. Land surveying as covered by this Act refers only to surveys 
for the determmation of areas as for the establishment of land boundaries 
and the subdivision and platting of land. Nothing in this Act shall be con- 
strued as prohibitmg registered professional engineers from making land 
surveys. 

Repeal. 

Sec. 17. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this 
Act are hereby repealed. 



STATE OF IOWA 

IOWA STATE BOARD OF ENGINEERING EXAMINERS 

Chairman — Frederick W, Stubbs, Oelwein, la. 
Vice-Chairman — Lewis M. Martix, Atlantic, la. 
Secretary — Karl C. Kastberg, Box 923, Des Moines, la. 
Alvix Le Van, Des Moines, la. 

THE IOWA LAW 

Effective July 4, 1919 

REGISTRATION OF ENGINEERS 
Chapter 392, Senate File No. 186, Acts of the Thirty-Eighth General Assembly 

AN ACT 

TO CREATE AN IOWA STATE BOARD OF ENGINEERING EXAM- 
INERS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXAMINATION AND REGISTRA- 
TION OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS; 
AND TO FIX PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ACT. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF 

IOWA: 

Section 1. Professional Engineering and Land Surveying— Registration. 
After one year from the date of passage of this act, unless otherwise permitted 
by the provisions of this act, no person shall practice professional engineering 
or land surveying in the State of Iowa except he be a registered professional 
engineer or a registered land surveyor as provided by this Act. 

Sec. 2. Compensation, Etc. —How Drawn — Limitation. Warrants for the 
payment of expenses and compensations provided by this Act shall be issued by 
the Auditor of State and paid by the State Treasurer upon presentation of 
vouchers regularly drawn by the chairman and the secretaiy of the Board and 
passed by the State Board of Audit, provided however that at no time shall 
the total amount of waiTants exceed the total amount of examination and 
registration fees collected as herein provided. 

Sec. 3. Terms Defined— (a-e). (a) The ''Board" means the Iowa 
State Board of Engineering Examiners provided by this Act. 

(b) "Professional engineering" means the practice of any branch of the 
profession of engineering other than military engineering. The practice of 
said profession embraces the design and the supervision of the construction of 
public and private utilities, such as railroads, bridges, canals, harbors, river 
improvements, lighthouses, wet docks, diy docks, ships, barges, dredges, cranes, 
floating docks and other floating property, the design and the supervision of 
the construction of steam engines, turbines, internal combustion engines and 

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other mechanical structures, electrical machinery and apparatus, and of works 
for the development, transmission or application of power, and the design and 
the supervision of the construction of municipal works, irrigation 
works, water supply works, sewage works, drainage works, industrial works, 
sanitary works, hydraulic works, structural works and other public and private 
utilities or works which require for their design or the slupervision of their 
construction such experience and technical knowledge as are required by this 
Act. The execution as a contractor of work designed by a professional en- 
gineer or the supervision of the construction of such work as a foreman or 
superintendent for such a contractor or the construction, improving, or extend- 
ing of private drains or drainage works, private irrigation works, private water 
supply works, or other works of a private nature shall not be deemed to be the 
practice of professional engineering within the meaning of this Act. 

(c) A "professional engineer" means any person who practices profes- 
sional engineering. 

(d) "Land surveying" is surveying having to do with the boundaries or 
areas of tracts of land. The surveying of lands for the purpose of sub-dividing 
or determining boundary lines where no contest is involved shall not be deemed 
to be the practice of land surveying within the meaning of this Act. 

(e) A "land surveyor" is any person who makes land surveys. 

See. 4. Board — Membership— Appointment— Term — Vacancies — Qualifica- 
tions — Compensation. There is hereby created a State Board of Engineering 
Examiners of five members who shall be appointed by the Governor within 
sixty days after the passage of this Act. No two members of said Board shall 
be from the same branch of the profession of engineering. Two members of 
the Board first appointed shall hold office for two years and three for four 
years, said terms of office terminating on the first day of July. Upon the 
expiration of each of such terms, the term of office of each member thereafter 
appointed shall be four years and shall terminate on the first day of July. 
Each member shall hold over after the expiration of his tenn until his successor 
shall be duly appointed and qualified. The Governor may remove any member 
of the board for misconduct, incapacity or neglect of duty. Vacancies in the 
membership of the board caused by death, resignation or removal from office 
shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired term. Each 
member of the board shall be a professional engineer, at least thirty-five years 
of age and shall have been a resident of this State for at least three years 
immediately preceding his appointment. He shall have had at least ten years 
of active practice preceding his appointment, and during that time shall have 
had charge of engineering work as principal or assistant for at least two years. 
He shall be a member in good standing of a recognized State or national en- 
gineering society. Each member of the Board, except as provided in section 5, 
shall be registered as a professional engineer under this Act. Each member of 
the Board shall receive as compensation the sum of ten dollars per day for the 
time actually spent in traveling to and from, and in attending sessions of the 
Board and its committees, and shall receive all necessaiy traveling and in- 
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Sec. 5. Certificates of Appointment and Registration — Powers — Seal. 
Each member of the board shall receive a certificate of appointment from the 
Governor. Before beginning- his term of ofiice each member of the board shall 
file with the Secretary of State the constitutional oath of office. Each member 
of the Board first created shall receive a certificate of registration under this 
Act from said Board. The Board, or any committee thereof, shall be entitled 
to the counsel and to the services of the Attorney General, shall have power to 
compel the attendance of witness, and may take testimonies and proofs, and 
may administer oaths, concerning- all matters within its jurisdiction. The Board 
shall adopt and have an official seal which shall be affixed to all certificates of 
registration granted and may make all bylaws and rules, not inconsistent with 
law, needed in performing- its duty. 

Sec. 6. Officers — Election of — Bond and Duties of Secretary— Fund- 
Report. The Board shall elect annually from its members a chairman, a 
vice-chairman and a secretary. The secretaiy shall give a surety bond satis- 
factory to the Board, conditioned for the faithful performances of his duties 
and for the accounting and paying over of all moneys received by him. The 
premium on said bond shall be paid from the fund of the Board hereinafter 
provided. The secretaiy shall keep on file a record of all certificates of regis- 
tration granted, and shall make annually such revisions of said record as may 
be necessary. In revising said record, the secretary shall communicate annually 
by mail with every professional engineer registered hereunder. In every case 
in which a reply is not received within thirty days after the date of the first 
letter, the secretary shall send a second letter by reg-istered mail. The certificate 
of registration of any professional engineer who shall not reply within sixty 
days from the date of said second letter, shall be considered to have been re- 
voked by such failure to reply, but may be reinstated at any time upon due 
application therefor and the payment of the registration fee of ten ($10.00) 
dollars, provided in section 9 hereof. The secretary shall receive and account 
for all fees derived from the operation of this Act and shall pay them to the 
State Treasurer, who shall keep such moneys in a separate fund, to be known 
as the fund of the Board of Engineering Examiners, which shall be continued 
from year to year to be drawn against only for the expenses and compensa- 
tions of the board provided by this Act. 

On or before the 30th day of June in each year the Board shall submit to 
the Governor a written report of its transactions for the preceding year and 
shall file with the Secretaiy of State a copy of said report, together with a 
complete statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Board, attested by 
the affidavits of the chairman and the secretary, and a complete list of those 
registered under this Act, Avith their addresses and the dates of their certificates 
of registration. Said report shall be printed by the State and a copy mailed 
to and placed on file by both the clerk of each incorporated city or town in the 
State, and the county auditor of each county in the State. The Board shall 
hold at least one stated meeting on the first Tuesday in December of each year 
and special meetings shall be called at other times by the secretaiy at the re- 
quest of the chairman or of three members of the Board. At any meeting of 
the Board three members shall constitute a quorum. 



42 ENGINEERS LICENSE LAWS ^ 

Sec. 7. Candidates for Examination — Fee — Qualifications. The Board 
shall admit to examination any candidate who pays a fee of fifteen dollars 
(.$15.00) and who under oath submits evidence prescribed by the board that he 

(a) is more than twenty-five years of age 

(b) is of good character, and 

(c) has been engaged in the practice of professional engineering or land 
surveying for at least six years and during that period has had charge as 
assistant, for at least one year. Each year of work satisfactorily completed q.t 
an engineering school of recognized standing shall count as one year of prac- 
tice in fulfilling the six year requirement of this section. 

Sec. 8. Examination for Registration. Examinations for registration 
shall be given at stated or called meetings of the Board. The scope of the 
examinations and the method of procedure shall be prescribed by the Board. 
As soon as practicable, after the close of each examination, a report shall be 
filed in the office of the secretary of the Board by the members conducting such 
examinations. Said report shall show the action of the Board upon each ap- 
plication, whereupon the secretary of the Board shall notify each applicant of 
the result of his examination. 

Sec. 9. Professional Engineer — Land Surveyor— Certificate— SeaL To 

any applicant, who shall have passed the examination as a professional en- 
gineer, and who shall have paid an additional fee of ten ^($10.00) dollars, the 
Board shall issue a certificate of registration as a professional engineer, signed 
by the chairman and the secretary of the Board under the seal of the Board, 
whereupon such applicant shall be autliorized to practice professional en- 
gineering as defined by this act. To any applicant, who shall have passed the 
examination as a land surveyor, and who shall have paid an additional fee of 
ten (.$10.00) dollars, the Board shall issue a certificate of registration, signed 
by the chairman and the secretary of the Board under the seal of the Board, 
whereupon such applicant shall be authorized to practice land surveying as 
defined by this act, and to administer oaths to his assistants or to witnesses 
l^roduced for examination of facts connected with land surveys. A certificate 
of registration as a professional engineer shall not carry with it the right to 
practice land surveying unless it is specifically permitted by said certificate, 
which permission shall be granted by the Board without additional fee in the 
case of any applicant duly qualified as prescribed by the rules of the Board. 
The Board shall provide each candidate who has successfully qualified for regis- 
tration, a suitable seal with which he shall stamp all plans, specifications and 
reports issued by him. 

Sec. 10. Professional Engineering and Land Surveying — Certificate — 
Date — Limit. At any time within one year after this act becomes effective, 
upon due application therefor and the payment of a fee of twenty-five ($25.00) 
dollars, the Board shall issue a cei^tificate of registration as provided by sec- 
tion 9 hereof to any person who under oath submits evidence presci'ibed by the 
Board that he 

(a) is more than twenty-five years of age, 

(b) is of good character, and 



STATE OF IOWA 43 

(c) has been engaged in the i)rac'tice of professional engineering or land 
surveying for at least two years preceding the date of the passage of this Act, 
or is a graduate of some recognized school of engineering. After this Act shall 
have been in etfect six months, the Board shall issue certificates of registration 
only as provided hi section or section 11 hereof. 

Sec. 11. Standards in other States — Recognition— Certificate— Fee, Etc. 
The Board shall from time to time examine the re(iuirements lor registration 
of professional engineers and land surveyors in other states, territories and 
countries, and shall record those in which in the judgment of the Board stan- 
dards not lower than those provided by this Act are maintained. The secretaiy 
of the Board upon j^resentation to him of satisfactory evidence by any person, 
that he holds a certificate of registration issued to him by proper authority in 
any state, territoiy or country so recorded, and upon receipt of a fee of ten 
($10.00) dollars, shall issue to such jDerson a certificate of registration to prac- 
tice professional engineering or land surveying as provided by this Act, signed 
h^ the chairman and the secretary under the seal of the Board, whereupon the 
person to whom such certificate is issued shall be entitled to all the rights and 
privileges conferred by the certificate issued after examination by the Board. 

Sec. 12. Revocation of Certificate — Power of Board — Charges — Hearing, 
Etc. The board shall have the power by a four-fifths vote of the entire 
Board to revoke the certificate of any professional engineer or land sul•^'eyor 
registered hereunder, found guilty of any fraud or deceit in his practice, or 
guilty of any fraud or deceit in obtaining his certificate, or in case he is found 
by the same vote to be incompetent. Proceedings for the revocation of a cer- 
tificate of registration shall be begun by filing with the secretary of the Board 
written charges against the accused. The Board shall designate a time and 
place for a hearing, and shall notify the accused of this action and furnish him 
a copy of all charges at least thirty days prior to the date of the hearing. The 
accused shall have the right to appear personally or by counsel, to cross- 
examine witnesses or to produce witnesses in his defense. 

Sec. 13. Legal registration — Presumptive Evidence of. An unrevoked 
certificate of registration, made as provided in this Act, shall be presumptive 
evidence in all courts and places that the person named therein is legally 
registered. 

Sec. 14. False Pretenses— Practice Under — Misdemeanor— Penalty. Any 
person who, after this Act shall have been in effect for one year, is not legally 
authorized to practice in this State according to the provisions of this Act and 
shall practice, or shall in connection with his name use any designation tending 
to imply or designate him as a registered practitioner within the meaning of 
this- Act, and any person presenting or attempting to file as his own the cer- 
tificate or registration of another, who shall give false or forged evidence of 
any kind to the Board, or to any member thereof, in obtaining a certificate of 
registration, or who shall falsely impersonate another practitioner of like or 
different name, or who shall use or attempt to use a revoked certificate of 
registration shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall for each offense 
of which he is convicted be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred 



44 ENGINEERS LICENSE LAWS 

($100.00) dollars, nor more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars, or by im- 
prisonment for three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 

Sec. 15. Application of Act — Exceptions and Provisions. This act shall 
not apply to any full lime employe of any corporation while doing work for 
that corporation, except in the case of corporations offering- their services to 
the public as professional engineers or land surveyors. Corporations engaged 
in designing and building works for public or private interests not their own 
shall be deemed to practice professional engineering within the meaning of 
this Act. With respect to such corporations all principal designing or con- 
structing engineers shall hold certificates of registration hereunder. This Act 
shall not apply to corporations engaged solely in building said works. This 
Act shall not apply to contracts existing at the time said Act takes effect, nor 
to any professional engineer or land surveyor working for the United States 
government, nor to any professional engineer or land surveyor employed as 
an assistant to a professional engineer or land surveyor registered under this 
Act, nor to purely operative services in connection with mechanical plantsi or 
systems, nor to any professional engineer or land surveyor from without this 
State until a reasonable length of time as prescribed by the rules of the Board 
shall have elapsed to permit the registration of such a person under this Act, 
provided that, before practicing within this State, he shall have applied for 
the issuance to him of a certificate of registration and shall have paid the fee 
prescribed in this Act. 

Sec. 16. Acts in Confiict Repealed. All laws or parts of laws in conflict 
with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. 
Approved April 25, 1919. 
In effect July 4, 1919. 



STATE OF LOUISIANA 

LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF ENGINEERING EXAMINERS 

815-17 Maisoii Bianche Building Annex, New Orleans, Louisiana 

President — Frank H. Waddii.l, New Orleans, La. 
Vice-President — W. B. Robert, Opelousas, La. 
Secretary — Donald Derickson, New Orleans, La. 
Assistant Secretary — C. C. Sandoz. 
Marcel Garsaud, New Orleans, La. 
B. W, Pegues, Baton Rouge, La. 

THE LOUISIANA LAW 

Approved July 8, 1920 

ACT NO. 242 
Senate Bill No. 26. By Mr. Beale, by request 

AN ACT 

TO AMEND AND RE-ENACT ACT NO. 200 OF THE GENERAL AS- 
SEMBLY OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR THE YEAR 1914, 
ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND AND RE-ENACT ACT NO. 308 
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 
FOR THE YEAR 1908, ENTITLED ^AN ACT TO REGULATE THE 
PRACTICE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING; TO CRE- 
ATE A STATE BOARD OF ENGINEERING EXAMINERS, AND 
REGULATE THE FEES AND EMOLUMENTS THEREOF; TO PRE- 
VENT THE PRACTICE OF THE SAID CALLINGS OR PROFES- 
SIONS BY UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS; AND TiO PROVIDE FOR 
THE TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT OF VIOLATORS OF THE PRO- 
VISIONS OF THIS ACT BY FINE OR IMPRISONMENT; AND TO 
REPEAL ALL LAWS OR PARTS OF LAWS IN CONFLICT OR 
INCONSISTENT WITH THIS ACT.' " 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF 
LOUISIANA: 

That Act No. 200 of 1014, entitled "An Act to amend and re-enact Act 
No. 308 of 1908, entitled 'An Act to regulate the practice of Civil Engineering 
and Survej'ing; to create a State Board of Engineering Examiners, and reg-u- 
late the fees and emoluments thereof; to prevent the practice of the said call- 
mgs as professions by unauthorized persons; and to provide for the trial and 
punishment of violators of the provisions of this Act by fine or imprisonment ; 
and to repeal all laws or parts of laws in conflict or inconsistent with the Act/ " 
shall be, and the same is hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as 
follows: 

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Civil Engineers and Surveyors Must Qualify Under this Act. 

Section 1. Be it enacted, by the general assembly of the State of Louisiana, 
That from and after the pronmlgation of this Act, no person not already 
registered according to law shall practice the profession of civil engineering or 
surveying within the State of Louisiana, unless such person shall be duly regis- 
tered and licensed in accordance with the provisions of this Act. 

Examination. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That after the promulgation of this 
Act, any person, before entering upon the practice of civil engineering or sur- 
veying, shall present to the Board of Engineering Examiners, as hereinafter 
constituted, a diploma from an engineering college or school of good standing, 
said standing to be determined by the Board, or satisfactory evidence that such 
diploma had been granted to him, and such other data regarding character and 
experience as the Board may require, or shall pass a satisfactory examination 
before the Board upon the f ollovvdng, to-wit : For surveying, plane trigonometry, 
plane surveying, practical use of instruments; for civil engineering— same as 
surveying, in addition thereto natural philosophy or physics, including practical 
problems in design and construction. All examinations held by the' Board, and 
answers of applicants shall be in writing, and shall be filed and kept as records. 
The person shall also satisfy the Board that he is twenty-one years of age, and 
of good moral character. If said diploma or examination is satisfactory to the 
Board, it shall register such person and issue to same a certificate in ac- 
cordance with the facts, which certificate shall be received as prima facie 
evidence that such person is duly registered according to law. 

Board Appointed by Governor — Power and Authority. 

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That the engineering examiners shall 
consist of a Board of five members, three of Avhom shall constitute a quorum; 
all members shall be jDracticing civil engineers or surveyors of good standing. 
All members shall be appointed by the Governor of the State from a list pre- 
sented by the Louisiana Engineering Society, and the Governor shall have the 
right to remove any or all members thereof for inefficiency or neglect of duty 
and to fill all vacancies occurring in the Board from similar list presented by 
the Louisiana Engineering Society, provided, however, that in the event that 
said Society fails to present such list when requested, the Governor shall select 
appointees at his own discretion. 

The legal domicile of the Board shall be in the city of New Orleans. 

Term of Oface. 

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That the first Board of Engineering 
Examiners appointed under this Act shall meet and organize within thirty days 
from the date of their appointments, and shall name one member to serve two 
years, one to serve three years, one to serve four years, one to sei*ve five years, 
and one to serve six years, to be decided by lot or agreement among themselves 
as to their res]iective terms. At the exi^iration of the above terms, each mem- 



STATE OF LOUISIANA 47 

ber shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of six years, from names 

recommended by the Louisiana En<j;incering' Society. 

Compensation. 

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, etc., That the members of the Board of 
Engineering Examiners shall receive, in compensation for their duties, ten 
dollars per day during the session of the Board, together with their hotel bills 
And their traveling expenses by the most direct route to and from their respective 
residence, the same to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury of the Board, 
upon the certificate of the president and the secretary. The Board is em- 
powered to demand a fee of one dollar for issuing a certificate, twenty-five 
dollars for registration by diploma, twenty-five dollars for examination, and 
fifteen dollars for registration under section 15 of this Act. Said registration 
fees to include fee for certificate and license fee for the current year. 

By-Laws and Regulations. 

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That the Board sh'all have the right 
to adopt by-laws, rules and regulations for conducting its affairs not inconsistent 
with the provisions of this Act, and to employ such clerical force and pro- 
fessional assistance as may be necessaiy. 

Temporary Permit. 

See. 7. Be it further enacted, etc., That to prevent delay and incon- 
venience, any one member of the Board may grant a permit to practice after 
a satisfactory examination of any applicant, and shall report thereon to the 
next regular meeting of the Board. Said temporary permit shall not continue 
in force longer than until the next regular meeting, and shall in no case be 
granted less than six months after the applicant has been refused a permit by 
the Board. 

Annual License. 

Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, etc.. That eveiy registered civil engineer 
or sui*veyor in this State, who desires to continue the practice of his profession 
in this State, shall annually, during the time he shall continue in such practice, 
pay to the Board, on or before the first day of February, or within thirty days 
after his return in case af absence from the State, a fee of three dollars for 
civil engineer and one dollar for surveyor, and the secretary shall thereupon 
issue such registered civil engineer or surveyor a certificate of renewal of his 
license for the current year. Any registered civil engineer or surveyor who shall 
fail to have his license reneAved, as above provided, on or before the first day 
of February of each year, shall have his license revoked. But the failure to 
renew said license in proper time shall not deprive such civil engineer or sur- 
veyor of the right of. renewal thereafter, but the fee to be paid to the Board 
upon the renewal of license after the month of Januaiy or the expiration of 
the thirty days following his return to the State shall be ten dollars for civil 
engineer and five dollars for sun'eyor. 



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List of Engineers Published Annually. 

Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, etc., That the Board of Engineering 
Examiners shall publish annually in pamphlet form, not later than April first, 
a complete list of licensed Civil Engineers and Surveyors, with their residences, 
and such published list, when properly attested by the Secretary, shall be 
received as evidence in court that persons whose names appear therein are 
duly registered and licensed. 

Penalty for Practicing Without Certificate. 

Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, etc., That any person who shall practice 
or attempt to practice the profession of a Civil Engineer or Surveyor either 
as an individual, employee, or as a member of a company or corporation 
domiciled in or out of this State, without having complied Avith the provisions 
of this Act shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than 
five hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned not less than thirty nor more than 
ninety days, for each offense, by any court of competent jurisdiction. 

Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, etc., That the Board is authorized to 
adopt and use an official seal. 

Board May Revoke Certificate. 

Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, etc., That the Board may revoke any 
permit or license it has issued, when its holder has been convicted of immoral 
conduct before a competent court. 

Exempting U. S. Engineers, Etc. 

Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, etc.. That this Act shall not apply to 
the Engineering Department of the United States, nor to the Civil Engineers 
or Surveyors of other States and Territories, when in actual and bona fide 
consultation with registered Civil Engineers or Surveyors of this State. 

Annual Report. 

Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, etc., That the Board of Engineering 
Examiners shall make annual report to the Governor of its transactions, with 
such recommendations for the advancement of the service as it may be best. 

Reciprocity with Other States. 

Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, etc., That the Board is authorized to 
accept, in lieu of its own requirements under Section 1 of this Act, certificates 
of registration of similar Boards of Engineering licensing authorities of other 
States, having similar registration laws, whose requirements for registration 
and enforcement thereof are satisfactory to the Board, provided said authorities 
of said other States likewise accept the certificate of registration issued by 
this Board in lieu of their own requirements for registration, and provided 
further that applicants for registration under this Section shall be in good 
standing with the authorities in their own States and shall otherwise fulfill 
the requri'ements of this Board. 



STATE OF LOUISIANA 49 



Terracing Rice Fields. 



Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, etc., That the provisions of this Act shall 
not apply to such laymen or non-professionals as may, upon occasion, run levels 
for terracing- rice fields, when registered Civil Engineers and Surveyors are 
unavailable; provided, however, that such laymen or non-professionals shall 
not be permitted to make a practice of such work. 

Repealing Clause. 

Sec. 17. Be it further enacted, etc., That all laws or parts of laws in 
conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. 

HEWITT BOUANCHAUD, 

Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate, 

R. F. WALKER, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Approved: July 8, 1920. 

JNO. M. PARKER, 
Governor of the State of Louisiana. 
A true copy : 

JAMES J. BAILEY, 
Secretary of State. 



STATE OF MICHIGAN 

MICHIGAN STATE BOARD FOR THE EXAMINATION AND REGISTRA- 
TION OF ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS 

Office— SO Giiswold St., Detroit, Mich. 
Secretary — C. T. Olmstead, 80 Griswold Street, Detroit, Mich. 

THE MICHIGAN LAW 

Effective August 14, 1919 
REGISTRATION ACT 

FOR 

ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS 

AN ACT 

TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ARCHITECTS, ENGI- 
NEERS AND SURVEYORS: TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF 
ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING AS PROFES- 
SIONS AND ESTABLISH THEIR RELATION TO PUBLIC WORKS 
AND THE SURVEYING AND PLATTING OF LAND; TO PROVIDE 
FOR A BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS 
AND SURVEYORS; TO REPEAL ACT NUMBER ONE HUNDRED 
TWENTY OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FIF- 
TEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRA- 
TION OF ARCHITECTS AND REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF 
ARCHITECTURE AS A PROFESSION," AND TO PROVIDE FOR 
THE TRANSFER OF THE FUNDS AND RECORDS ACCUMULATED 
UNDER SAID ACT. 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 

Section 1. Any person wlio represents himself to be an architect or as 
an engineer, or as a surveyor in any of the branches hereinafter mentioned, 
in tlie State of Michigan, shall be registered as hereinafter provided. Nothing- 
in this act shall be construed to prevent any person, firm or corporation from 
preparing plans and specifications for buildings to be erected by themselves. 

Sec. 2. Any person who shall have been qualified in this State to use 
the title "registered architect" before this Act takes effect shall be considered 
as registered under this Act. Any citizen of the State of Michigan who shall 
have been engaged in practice as an engineer or surveyor as a principal, or 
in the responsible charge of design or supervision of engineering works for 
not less than two years before this Act goes into effect, shall be granted a 
certificate authorizing him to use the title of the branch of engineering in which 
he has been so engaged. 

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Sec. 3. The Governor shall, ^vithm thirty days after this Act goes into 
effect, appoint a board of seven examiners, which shall be composed of two 
architects and five engineers, who shall have been in the active practice of their 
professions as principals for not less than ten years previous to their appoint- 
ment and who are othei'wise qualified, of whom one of the appointees shall 
be from the Upper Peninsula. 

Sec. 4. The members of the Board shall be appointed to hold office until 
one, two, three, four, five, six and seven years respectively, after July first, 
nineteen hundred twenty, or until their successors shall have qualified, and 
thereafter, upon the expiration of the term of office of each person so ap- 
pointed, the Governor shall, on or before the first day of July in each year, 
appoint a successor to hold office for a term of seven years. The members 
of the Board so appointed shall take and subscribe to the oath of office 
prescribed by the constitution and shall file the same in the office of the Secre- 
tary of State. By virtue of appointment the engineer members of the original 
Board shall become registered engineers, and thereafter no person who is not 
a registered architect or a registered engineer shall be qualified for appointment 
to said Board. 

Sec. 5. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Board shall be 
filled by the Governor for the unexpired term of such membership, subject 
to the provisions of section three hereof. 

Sec. 6. The Board shall adopt rules and regulations for its own organi- 
zation and for the examination and classification of candidates for registration, 
and the issuance of the certificates thereto, and for carrying out the provisions 
of this act, and may amend, modify, and repeal such rules and regulations 
from time to time. The said rules and regulations and any amendments there- 
to shall become effective upon approval b}^ the Attorney General. 

Sec. 7. The Board shall have power to classify the applicants into the 
respective branches of engineering, as follows : Civil engineer, mining engineer, 
mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, chemical engineer and surveyor, and 
such other branches of engineering as the Board may consider subject to this 
Act, and shall have authority to issue a certificate entitling the registrant to 
use the title of "Registered Civil Engineer," "Registered Mining Engineer," 
"Registered Mechanical Engineer," "Registered Electrical Engineer," "Registered 
Chemical Engineer," and "Registered Surveyor," or such other registered titles 
indicating more limited qualifications as the Board may designate, and to practice 
in the branch of engineering in which such person is registered ; and further shall 
have power to issue certificntes to persons, qualifying under this Act as archi- 
tects to use the title of "Registered Architect." Nothing in this section shall 
prevent any person qualified hereunder from registering in any and all branches 
of engineering herein specified or in architecture. No person shall use the title 
"Registered Architect" or "Registered Engineer," or "Registered Surveyor" or 
any variation of the same, or use any word, letter or device to indicate that 
the person so using llie same is a registered architect or a registered engineer 
or a registered surveyor, after the first day of January, nineteen hundred 
twenty, without being registeied as an architect or engineer or surveyor, in 



STATE OF MICHIGAN 53 

accordance with the provisions of this Act. The Board shall before issuing* 
any such certiticate examine into the character and (lualihcations of the ap- 
plicant to practice in the branch or classification for which he makes applica- 
tion and become satisfied that such applicant is a proper person and qualified 
so to do, before it shall issue the certificate for which application has been made. 
No person shall use any of the titles "Registered Architect," "Registered Civil 
Engineer," "Registered Mining Engineer," "Registered Mechanical Engineer," 
"Registered Electrical Engineer," "Registered Chemical Engineer," or "Registered 
Sun-eyor," or any other registered title that the Board may designate, unless 
be has been duly authorized to do so by the Board : Provided, That the provi- 
sions of this Act shall not apply to engineers or architects employed by rail- 
road or other interstate corporations whose employment is confined to such 
corporation, whether such employe is or is not a citizen of this State. 

Sec. 8. The Board shall hold its first meeting within thirty days after its 
members are appointed and thereafter shall hold meetings not less than four 
times each year, and shall submit to the Governor biennially a report covering 
its activities. 

Sec. 9. The members of the Board shall be entitled to no compensation 
for their services; they shall, however, be reimbursed for traveling, and other 
actual expenses incurred in the performance of their specific duties under 
this Act, and for clerical and other assistance: Provided, That all expenses 
of the Board shall at no time exceed the amount of moneys received and on 
deposit to the credit of the Board under the workings of this Act. 

Sec. 10. All moneys and fees collected or received under this Act shall 
be properly recorded and receipted for and deposited with the State Treasurer, 

Sec. 11. All moneys expended by the Board shall be paid through the 
State Treasurer on properly drawn vouchers, signed by the President and Secre- 
tary of the Board. 

Sec. 12. All moneys received by the State Treasurer under the provisions 
of this Act shall be kept in a separate fund to be dra^^^l against only for the 
expenses of the Board. 

Sec. 13. Any citizen of the United States of legal age and of good 
moral character, who has had not less than six years of practical experience 
in architectural or engineermg work or surveying mider the direction or super- 
vision of a registered architect or a registered engineer or a registered surveyor, 
or of an architect or engineer or surveyor of equivalent professional standing, 
or who is a graduate in architecture or engineering of a college or school of 
recognized standing, and who has had not less than two years of such experience 
under like conditions, who desires to begin the practice of architecture or 
engineering or surveying as a principal or in responsible charge of such work, 
may upon the payment of a fee of five dollars, apply for examination for a 
certificate under this Act, and before receiving such certificate shall satis- 
factorily pass an examhiation in the English language and in such other 
appropriate subjects as are established by the Board, and satisfy it as to 
his practical experience and general standing and ability; and shall pay the 
fee hereinafter provided for the certificate of registration : Provided, That 
time spent as a student of architecture or engineering in a college or school 



54 ENGINEERS LICENSE LAWS 

of recognized standing shall be considered the equivalent of an equal amount 
of practical experience. 

Sec. 14. The Board shall register architects and engineers of other States 
and of foreign countries to engage as principals, in the practice of architecture 
and engineering within the State of Michigan, when thej^ are recognized as 
consulting specialists in some branch of their profession and have had at 
least ten years of experience as such, or when they present credentials show- 
ing that they have qualified for such work under equivalent laws of their 
own states or governments and are still in good standing thereunder: Provided, 
That such laws extend similar privileges to registrants under this Act. 

Sec. * 15. The result of eveiy examination or other evidence of qualifica- 
tions, as provided by this Act, shall be recorded by the Secretaiy of the Board, 
and the Board shall issue a certificate to every person having passed such 
examination and being otherwise qualified to receive the same. All certificates 
issued before the first day of Januaiy, nineteen hundred tw^enty-five, shall 
expire on that date, and those issued thereafter shall expire on the first day 
of January of nineteen hundred thirty and of each fifth year thereafter, and 
shall be subject to renewal upon application therefor not less than thirty days 
preceding the date of expiration, upon payment of the fee hereinafter pro- 
vided. 

Sec. 16. The Board may by a five-sevenths vote revoke any certificate 
upon written notice to the holder thereof giving him not less than thirty days' 
notice of an opportunity for a hearing before the Board, upon proof that such 
certificate has been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, or upon proof 
that the holder of such certificate has been guilty of malfeasance or gross 
incompetency in connection with his practice of architecture or engineering 
or surveying. 

Sec. 17. Every person having passed an examination as hereinbefore pro- 
vided shall pay upon registration a fee of fifteen dollars to the Board and 
every person registered without examination shall pay a fee of twenty dollars 
to the Board, and each person shall thereupon receive a certificate of registra- 
tion, and before the issuance of a renewal certificate shall pay an additional 
fee of five dollars. 

Sec. 18. The Board shall forward each original cei-tificate to and register 
the same with the Secretary of State of Michigan, by whom it shall be signed 
and sealed and returned to the Board to be mailed to the registrant. 

Sec. 19. After the first day of March, nineteen hundred twenty, neither 
the State, nor any county, township, municipality or village shall engage in 
the construction or maintenance of any public work of an architectural or 
engineering character, for which construction or maintenance, the plans, speci- 
fications and estimates shall not have been prepared by a registered architect 
or a registered engineer under this Act with qualifications appertaining to 
such work, and the construction of which is not supervised by such a registered 
architect or registered engineer: Provided, That nothing in this section shall 
be held to apply to items of maintenance, repair or construction wherein the 
contemplated expenditure for the completed project does not exceed two thou- 
sand dollars. 



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Sec. 20. After the first day of March, nineteen hundred twenty, no city 
or village plat, or plat of an addition thereto or of a subdivision thereof, or any 
plat dividing- land into streets, lots or blocks, shall be received for record, 
which has not been prepared by a registered engineer or a registered sur- 
veyor and signed by him as such. 

Sec. 21. Nothing in this act shall prevent any person from doing any 
of the engineering, architectural or surveying work mentioned herein upon 
or in connection with the construction of residence buildings, bams or garages 
and other private buildings. 

Sec. 22. Any violation of the provisions of this Act shall be a mis- 
demeanor, punishable for the first offense by a fine of not more than one 
hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offense by a fine of not more than five 
hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, in the 
discretion of the court. 

Sec. 23. Act number one hundred twenty of the Public Act of nineteen 
hundred fifteen, entitled "An Act to Provide for the Registration of Architects 
and Regulating the Practice of Architecture as a Profession," and all other 
acts or parts of acts in contravention hereof, are hereby repealed, and all 
moneys remaining with the State Treasurer in the separate fund created by 
said Act shall be transferred to the corresponding fund herein provided for 
within thirty days of the time at which this act goes into effect, and all records 
accumulated by the Board under said Act shall be delivered to the Board herein 
created. 

This Act takes effect August 14, 1919. 



STATE OF MINNESOTA 

MINNESOTA STATE BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR ARCHITECTS, 
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS 

Chairman — Paul Doty, 427 Portland Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. 

Vice-Chairman — N. Y. Taylor, Litchfield, Minn. 

Secretary-Treasurer — H. T. Dowxs, 804 ]r*hoenix Building, Minneapolis, Minn. 

A. F. Gauger, Central-Metropolitan Bank Building, St. Paul, Minn. 

F. G. German, 411 Exchange Building, Duluth, Minn. 

F. W. McKellip, Box 42o, Faribault, Minn. 

D. W. WooDBRiDGE, 612 Sellwood Building, Duluth, Minn. 

BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR ARCHITECTS, PRO- 
FESSIONAL ENGINEERS, AND LAND SURVEYORS 

St. Paul^ Minn. 

RULES AND REGULATIONS 

RULE 1 

Applications for Registration: These may be made either for registration 
without examination as provided in Section 9 of the General Laws of Min- 
nesota for 1921, chapter 523 (hereafter referred to as the Act) or for reciprocal 
registration, or for admittance to examination for registration, all as jn'ovided 
in the above section. Applicants for registration without examination shall be 
referred to herein as of Class 1; those applying for reciprocal registration 
as of Class 2; and others as of Class 3. Class 1 is limited to those who can 
show to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration for Architects, Profes- 
sional Engineers, and Land Surveyors (hereafter referred to as the Board) 
that they have been actively engaged for six or more years in architectural 
or engineering work prior to October 25, 1921, or engaged for four or more 
years in surveying work prior to the same date, and are othenvise qualified 
as required by the Act. Class 2 is limited to those who can show the Board, 
by legally certified copies of registration certificates issued by the District of 
Columbia, by at least one state aside from Minnesota, or by the Dominion 
of Canada, that thej^ are duly registered where the requirements for registration 
by examination are equal to those fixed by the Board for this State. Class 3 
includes all applicants other than the above, and applications under this class 
are limited to those who can show to the satisfaction of the Board that they 
are qualified to be admitted to examination for registration by the Board. 

RULE 2 

Form of Applications: Tliese sliall always he made on print (d blanks 
issued by the Board. Xo applications made otherwise will be acceptable for 
filing. In event that the forms issued by the Board do not contain sufficient 
space for evidence the applicant desires to present, he may attach additional 

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sheets to said form, to any extent he may wish, but such sheets are to be of tlie 
same size as the printed forms, and securely attached thereto. 

RULE 3 

Class 1 Applications: Applicants will be required to furnish information 
on the following: Color, name, age, sex, place of birth, citizenship, residence, 
place and nature of present business (and, in the ease of engineering applicants, 
the particular branch or branches of engineering under which the applicant 
seeks to register) service, if any, in the military, naval, or engineering branches 
of the United States government, record of professional career during a period 
of at least six years for architects and engineers, and of four years for land 
surveyors, as required in the Act, and evidence of good character. In addi- 
tion to submitting full information on the above, the applicant is invited to 
submit as complete an account of his educational and professional and busi- 
ness career as he considers desirable in order to aid the Board in determining 
that he is qualified for the registration that he seeks. It should be made clear 
to applicants that favorable action in any case will be facilitated by the ampli- 
tude and comprehensiveness of the evidence submitted, and that the Board does 
not desire applicants to be limited to the six or four year periods specified. 
Statements as to professional practice and experience should contain specific 
references to important works with which the applicant has been connected, 
and the names of persons given as references should be in such a way that 
the Board if it desires may communicate with them in order to substantiate 
any statements made. Professional papers, technical books, photographs, pat- 
ents, reports or other documentary evidence of the applicant's qualifications 
may be referred to in the application. Prolixity and unnecessary verbiage and 
detail are to be avoided. To a certain extent the manner in which an applica- 
tion is prepared and submitted will be considered by the Board in determining 
qualifications of applicant. Evidence as to character shall accompany applica- 
tions, through at least two reputable persons or firms. Applications shall be 
accompanied by the registration fee of $25.00, as required by law, and ap- 
plications not so accompanied shall be returned with notification to the applicant 
of the cause of return. Applications must be attested on oath or affirmed 
before a notary public or other qualified official. 

RULE 4 

Class 2 Applications: Applicants will be required to furnish properly 
attested certificates of registration in the District of Columbia, in any state 
or territory of the United States, or in any province of Canada, where the 
requirements for registration are equal to those fixed by the Board for this 
State, together with an attested copy of the evidence of character there sub- 
mitted by them. Applications under Class 2 must also be accompanied by the 
registration fee of $25.00, as required by law. 

RULE 5 

Class 3 Applications: Applicants will bo required to furnisli informa- 
tion on the same subjects as is required of those under Class 1, except that 



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the record of professional career need not be for the period of six or four 
years, as required. If there has been a professional career then applicants 
will furnish a record thereof, basing this on the information oiven above for 
Class 1 applicants. In connection with these applications, the training and 
experience of the api)licant will be the basis on which the Board will determine 
60 out of 100 total points of the examination. It is therefore important that 
the applicant shall appreciate tliat his ultimate rating- will depend to a con- 
siderable extent on the nature of the disclosure made by him as to education 
and experience, and that he exercise due care to prepare a careful and well 
supported record of these. Applications shall be accompanied by the registra- 
tion fee of $25.00 as required by law. Applications must be attested on oath 
or afiirmed before a notary public or other qualified ofiicial. 

Note: In the case of land surveyors the fee required by law, and to be 
forwarded with the application for registration, for all the above mentioned 
classes, is $10.00. 

RULE 6 

Registration in Class 1 and Class 2. If after the examination of the 
evidence submitted, or such other evidence as the Board may require, secure, 
or possess, the Board is satisfied that the applicant has the qualifications neces- 
saiy for registration as an architect, as a professional engineer of the especial 
branch or branches in which he has expressed desire to be registered or in 
which" the Board deems him to be sufficiently proficient, or as a land surveyor, 
the applicant shall be so notified, and the Board shall forthwith cause ap- 
plicant to be registered as of the proper classification or classifications, and 
shall issue a suitable certificate of registration, duly executed. 

RULE 7 

Examinations: Committees of the Board, appointed from time to time, 
will conduct examinations at meetings held for that purpose. The recommenda- 
tions of these committees shall be at once submitted to the Board for final 
action. In the case of Class 3 applications, if from the evidence submitted 
or such other evidence as the Board require, secure, or possess, it is satisfied 
that an applicant is entitled to be admitted for examination, he shall be so 
notified and a time and place for the examination shall be fixed by the Board. 

The nature of this examination and the ratings thereunder are as follows: 

Maximum points : 

Education, training and experience 60 

Oral test 20 

Written test 20 

The applicant must receive at least 70 j^oints out of the possible 100 as 
above, in order to secure registiation under the act. At least 25 of these 
points must be obtained through the oral and written tests combined. In written 
tests the applicant will be permitted the use of such books of reference as he 
requires. All applications for examination must be in the hands of the Secre- 
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The examining committee shall execute certificate setting forth the result 
of each exammation, these to be called "Examiners' Certificates." These will 
form a part of the records of the Board, and will be attached to and form 
a part of the appurtenant papers in each ease, duplicate copies of which 
palmers shall be kept by the Board among the records of the State. 

RULE 8 

References: Upon receipt of applications the secretary shall prepare 
a digest of the information contained therein and at convenient inteiTals shall 
mail same to each member of the Board, and these shall promptly acquaint 
the secretary with mformation known to them reflecting on the verity of the 
statements of the applicant. Such information shall be attached to the applica- 
tion for the use of the Board. The secretary shall by means of prepared 
blanks use due diligence in inquiring concerning the truthfulness of applicant's 
statements, from the references given or from others whom the Board or the 
secretary may suggest. All information received from such references shall 
be and remain confidential. 

RULE 9 

Records: The secretary shall keep a record in connection with applica- 
tions for registration; which shall be a duplicate of the informations submitted 
in the applications, together with the result of the application. He shall 
maintain a list of all registered architects, professional engineers, and of the 
especial branch or branches of engineering under which they are registered, 
and of land surveyors, with their registration numbers. There shall be two 
of such lists, one by priority of number and one alphabetical. 

RULE 10 

Rejections: In case of the rejection of applications the unsuccessful 
applicant shall be notified, both of the fact and of the reason, and shall then 
be invited to submit additional evidence bearing on the case; unless the rejection 
be by reason of alleged improper conduct or unsuitable character, in which 
cases the Board may or may not extend invitation for additional evidence. A 
rejected applicant may, if invited, file with the Board any reason he desires 
in support of a claim for reconsideration or re-examination. It will be the 
policy and intent of the Board to give rejected applicants eveiy reasonable 
opjDortunity to support claims for reconsideration or re-examination, and to 
consider such evidence as may have been omitted or overlooked on the original 
application or examination. In case of final rejection the applicant's fee 
shall be refunded. 

RULE 11 

Certificates of Registration: These shall be in a fonn adopted by the 
Board; they shall bear on their face a notation stating whether the registrant 
has qualified as an architect, a land surveyor, or in what particular branch or 
branches of engineering he has been admitted to registi'ation. Registrants 
under the Act and doing business with the public on their own account or 
as chief executive or consultants, should keep their certificates of registration 



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posted conspicuously in their places of business, where the public may readily 
examine the same. 

RULE 12 

Official Stamps: All maps, plans, diagrams, or other drawings and all 
specifications, rei)oits, estimates, or oilier documents prepared by a registrant 
under the Act for issuance to the public, or a client, and for which compensa- 
tion is received by him, in whole or in part, should bear on their face an 
official stamp containing the name and registered number of the registrant 
or registrants responsible therefor. This stamp shall be of a form approved 
by the Board, and there shall be general uniformity in the type of stamps 
thus used. 

RULE ]3 

Registration Numbers: These will be issued by the board consecutively 
in the order in w^hich applicants qualify before the Board. No discrimination 
or preferences will be permitted in isuuing registration numbers to registrants. 

RULE 14 
Transfer Certificates: Upon recpest registrants are entitled to receive 
from the Board certified copies oi their certificates of registration. 

THE MINNESOTA LAW 

Approved April 25, 1921 
CHAPTER 523- S. F. No. 258 

AN ACT 

TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE, PROFESSIONAL 

ENGINEERING AND LAND SURVEYING. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MIN- 
NESOTA: 

Section 1. Architects, Engineers and Surveyors to be Registered. 
In order to safeguard life, health and property, any j^erson practicing or 
offering to practice as an architect, a professional engineer or a land sur- 
veyor in this State shall hereafter be required to submit evidence that he is 
qualified so to practice, and shall be registered as hereinafter provided; and 
from and after six months after this Act becomes effective, it shall be unlaw- 
ful for any person to practice or to offer to practice in this State as an 
architect, a professional engineer (hereinafter called engineer) or a land 
survej^or except under the provisions of this Act. 

Sec. 2. Not to Apply to Practicing Architects, etc. Nothing in this 
Act shall be construed as requiring registration for the continuation of his 
practice, by any person who prior to the passage of this Act resided in this 
State and practiced as an architect, as an engineer or as a land surveyor; 
provided, however, no person shall represent himself as, or use the title of, 
^•Registered Architect," "Registered Professional Engineei-" or "Registered Land 
Suneyor," unless such person is qualified by registration under this Act; 
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person, not an architect or an engineer, who may engage in work of an archi- 
tectural or engineering character; provided, that such person shall not rep- 
resent himself as a registered architect or as a registered engineer; and pro- 
vided further, that on drawings, specifications or other documents j^repared 
or issued by such person, he shall not use the title Registered Architect or 
Registered Engineer, or any other title implying that he is a registered 
architect or a registered engineer: Nor shall anything in this Act be con- 
strued as requiring registration by any person selected by any municipality 
or other public authority to perform public work in the State of Minnesota. 

Sec. 3. State Board of Registration of Architects Created — Terms — 
Appointment. To carry out the provisions of this Act there is hereby 
created a State Board of Registration for architects, engineers and land sur- 
veyors (hereinafter called the Board) consisting of seven members, who shall 
be appointed by the Governor within sixty days after this Act becomes 
effective. Three members shall be registered architects, three members shall 
be registered engineers and one member shall be a registered land surveyor. 
Not more than one member of said Board shall be from the same branch 
of the profession of engineering. Tlie members of the first Board shall be 
appointed to serve for the following terms.: two members for one year; two 
members for two years; two members for three years; and one member for 
four years, said terms ending on the first day of January of the succeeding 
years. On the expiration of each of said terms the term of office of each newly 
appointed or reappointed member of the Board shall be for a period of four 
years and shall terminate on the first day of January; except that each member 
shall hold over after the expiration of his term until his successor shall have 
been duly appointed and qualified. The Governor may remove any member 
of the Board for misconduct, incompetency or neglect of duty. Vacancies 
in the membership of the Board, however created, shall be filled by appoint- 
ment by the Governor for the unexpired term. 

Sec. 4. Qualifications of Members of Board. Each member of the 
Board shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of this State 
at the time of his appointment. He shall have been engaged in the practice 
of his profession for at least ten years and shall have been in responsible 
charge of work for at least five years. He shall be a member in good stand- 
ing of a recognized society of architects, engineeis or land surveyors, and 
except as provided in Section 5, shall be a registered architect, registered 
engineer or registered land surveyor. 

Sec. 5. Powers and Duties. Each member of the Board shall receive 
a certificate of a])p<)intmetit from the Governor, and before beginning his term 
of office he shall file with the Secretary of State the constitutional oath of- 
-office. Each member of the Board first ci-eated shall receive a certificate of 
I'egistration under this Act from the Governor of this State. The Board 
or any committee thereof shall be entitled to the services of the Attornej' 
General in connection with the affairs of the Board, and the Board shall have 
power to compel the attendance of witnesses, may administer oaths and may 
take testimony and proofs concerning all matters within its jurisdiction. The 
Board shall adopt and have an official seal which shall be affixed to all certi- 



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ficates or registration granted; and shall make all by-laws and rules not in- 
consistent with law needed in performing its duties; and shall fix standards 
for determining the qualifications of applicants for certificates, which shall 
not exceed the requirements contained in the curriculum of a recognized 
school of architecture or engineering. 

Sec. 6. Meetings— Officers— Quorum. The Board shall hold a meeting 
within thirty days after its members are first appointed, and thereafter shall 
hold at least two regular meetings each year. Special meetings shall be held 
at such times as the by-laws of the Board may provide. Notice of all meetings 
shall be given in such manner as the by-laws may provide. The Board shall 
elect annually from its members a chairman, a vice-chairman and a secretary- 
treasurer. A quorum of the Board shall consist of not less than four members, 
of whom two shall be architects and two engineers. 

Sec. 7. Fees to be Used for Expenses — Compensation of Members. All 
fees and other monies accruing from the operation of this Act shall be paid 
to the Board and shall be used for the purpose of this Act. The expenses 
of the Board shall be paid by voucher made by the secretary-treasurer and 
approved by the chairman. Each member of the Board shall receive such 
compensation as the Board may direct, not to exceed $10.00 per day for time 
spent in attending meetings of the Board. The members of the Board shall 
be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in travel to -and from meetings 
and for expenditures for hotel bills, meals, stationery, postage, printing, type- 
writing and the like necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their 
duties under this Act. The secretary-treasurer of the Board shall give a 
surety bond satisfactory to the State Treasurer conditioned upon the faithful 
performance of his duties. The premium on said bond shall be regarded as 
a proper and necessary expense of the Board. 

Sec. 8. Records — Reports. The Board shall keep a record of its pro- 
ceedings and a register of all applicants for registration showing for each, 
the date of apj^lication, name, age, educational and other qualifications, place 
of business and place of residence, whether or not an examination Avas required 
and whether the applicant was rejected or a certificate of registration gi'anted, 
and the date of such action. The books and register of the Board shall be 
prima facie evidence of all matters recorded therein. A roster showing the 
names and places of business and of residence of all registered architects, 
engineers and land surveyors shall be prepared by the secretary-treasurer of 
the Board during the month of January of each year; such roster shall be 
printed out of the funds of the Board as provided in Section 7. On or 
before the first day of Februaiy of each year the Board shall submit to the 
Governor and file with the Secretai-y of State a copy of the report of its 
transactions for the preceding year together with a complete statement of the 
receipts and expenditures of the Board signed by the chainuan and the secre- 
taiy-treasurer, accompanied by a certified audit, and a copy of the said roster 
of registered ai-ehit^cts, registered engineei's and i-egistered land surveyors. 

Sec. 9. Application for and Issuance of Certificates. The Board shall, 
on application therefor, on prescribed form and the payment of a fee of not 
to exceed Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars issue a certificate of registration as 



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an architect or aii engineer, and on the payment of a fee uf not to exceed 
Ten ($10.00) Dollars issue a certificate of registration as a land surveyor; 

1. To any person over twenty-five (25) years of age, who is a citizen 
of the United States or Canada, or who has made declaration of his intention 
to become a citizen of the United States ; who speaks and writes the English 
language; who is of good character ^nd repute, and has been actively engaged 
for six or more years in architectural or engineering work, or engaged for 
four or more years in survej^ing work. The character of such work shall be 
equal to the standards fixed by the Board. Each year of teaching or of study 
satisfactorily completed, of architecture, engineering or surveying in a school 
of architecture or engineering of a standard recognized by the Board, shall 
be considered as equivalent to one year of such active engagement. 

2. To any person who holds a like unexpired certificate of registration 
issued to him by proper authority in the District of Columbia, in any state or 
territory of the United States, or in any province of Canada, in w^hich the 
requirements for the registration of architects, engineers or land surveyors 
are equal to those fixed by the Board for this State. 

When the evidence presented by an applicant for a certificate of regis- 
tration does not appear to the Board as conclusive or as warranting the issuance 
of a certificate, the Board may require further evidence to be presented, or 
may subject the applicant to such examination as may be deemed necessaiy 
to establish his qualifications. 

In determining the qualifications of applicants for registration as archi- 
tects, a majority vote of the architect members of the Board only, shall be 
required; in determining the qualifications of applicants for registration as 
engineers a majority vote of the engineer members of the Board only, shall 
be required; and in determining the qualifications of applicants for registration 
as land surveyors the affirmative vote of the land surveyor member and of 
one engineer of the Board only, shall be required. 

Any person so qualified may be registered in two or all of the thi'ee 
professions covered by this Act; but the aggregate fee for such registration 
shall not exceed Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars. 

In case the Board denies the issuance of a certificate to an applicant, 
the registration fee deposited shall be returned by the Board to the applicant. 

Certificate of registration shall expire on the last day of the calendar 
year for which they are issued and shall become invalid on that date unless 
renewed. It shall be the duty of the secretary-treasurer of the Board to 
notify, by mail, every person registered hereunder of the date of the expira- 
tion of his certificate and the amount of the fee required for its renewal for 
one year; such notice shall be mailed at least one month in advance of the date 
of the expiration of said certificate. Renewal may be effected at any time 
during the month of December by the payment of a fee of Five ($5.00) Dol- 
lars for an architect or an engineer, and Two ($2.00) Dollars for a land 
surveyor. The failure on the part of any registrant to renew his certificate 
annually in the month of December as required above shall not deprive such 
person of his right of renewal thereafter, but the fees to be paid for the 
renewal of the certificate after the succeeding first day of JanuaiT shall be 



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Seven ($7.00) Dollars or an architect or an engineer, and Tinee ($3.00) Dol- 
lars for a land surveyor. The aggregate fee for renewal of registration in 
two or three of the professions shall be the same as the single renewal fee 
for registration as an architect or an engineer. 

Sec. 10. Certificates may be Revoked for Cause — Reissue. The Board 
shall have the power to revoke the certificate of registration of any architect, 
engineer or land sun'eyor registered hereunder, who is found guilty of any. 
fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate of registration or of gross negligence, 
incompetency or misconduct in the practice of architecture, engineering or 
land surveying. Any person may prefer charges of such fraud, deceit, 
negligence, incompetency or misconduct against any architect, engineer or land 
surveyor registered hereunder. Such charges shall be in writing, sworn to 
by the complainant and submitted to the Board; and unless dismissed with- 
out hearing by the Board as unfounded or trivial, shall be heard and detennined 
by the Board within three months after the date on which they are preferred. 
A time and place for such hearing shall be fixed by the Board. A copy of the 
charges, together with a notice of the time and place of hearing, shall be 
legally served on the accused at least thirty days before the date fixed, for the 
hearing, and in the event that such service cannot be effected thirty days 
before the hearing, then the date of hearing and determination shall be post- 
poned as may be necessary to permit the carrying out of this condition. 
At said hearing the accused shall have the right to appear personally and 
by counsel, to cross-examine witnesses against him and to produce evidence 
and witnesses in his defense. If after said hearing five or more members 
of the Board vote in favor of finding the accused guilty of any fraud or 
deceit in obtaining a certificate, or of gross negligence, incompetency or mis- 
conduct in the practice of architecture, engineering or land surveying, the 
Board shall revoke the certificate of registration of the accused. 

The Board may reissue a certificate of registration to any person whose 
certificate has been revoked, provided five or more members of the Board 
vote in favor of such reissuance for reasons the Board may deem sufficient. 

A new certificate of registration to replace any certificate revoked, lost, 
destroyed or mutilated, may be issued, subject to the rules and regulations of 
the Board. A charge of one dollar shall- be made for such reissuance. 

Sec. 11. Certificate to be Evidence. The issuance of a certificate of 
registration by this Board shall be evidence that the person named therein 
is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a registered architect, registered 
engineer or registered land surveyor while the said certificate remains unrevoked 
or unexpired. 

Each registrant hereunder may upon registration obtain a seal of the 
design authorized by the Board, bearing the registrant's name and the legend 
"Registered Architect," "Registered Professional Engineer" or "R-egistered 
Land Surveyor." Plans, specifications, plats, reports or other documents issued 
by a registrant may be stamped with said seal during the life of registrant's 
certificate, but it shall be unlawful for anyone to stamp or seal any document 
with said seal after the certificate of the registrant named thereon has expired 
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Sec. 12. Violations— Penalties. Any person who after this Act has 
been in effect six months is not authorized to practice in this State as a regis- 
tered architect, a registered engineer or a registered land sur\-eyor under the 
provisions of this Act and shall so practice, or offer so to practice, and any 
person presenting or attempting to file as his own the certificate of regis- 
tration of another, or who shall give false or forged evidence of any kind 
to the Board or to any member thereof, for the purpose of obtaining a certi- 
ficate of registration, oi? who shall falsely impersonate any other practitioner, 
of like or different name, or who shall use or attempt to use an expired or 
revoked certificate of registration, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; 
and shall for each such offense of which he is convicted be punished by a 
fine of not less than fifty ($;50.00) dollars nor more than five hundred 
($500.00) dollars, or by imprisonment for three months, or by both fine and 
imprisonment. However, nothing in this Act shall be construed as excluding 
any registered architect from doing work of an engineering character, nor 
of excluding any registered engineer from doing work of an architectural 
character. 

Sec. 13_^ Exemptions. The following shall be exempted from the pro- 
vision of this Act : 

1. Offering to practice in this State as an architect, and engineer or a 
land surveyor, by any person not a resident of and having no estab- 
lished place of business in this State. 

2. Practice as an architect, an engineer or a land surveyor in this State 
by any person not a resident of and having no established place of 
business in this State, when this practice does not aggregate more 
than thirty days in any calendar year; provided, that said person is 
legally qualified for such professional sei'^^ice in his own State or 
country. 

3. Practice as an architect, an engineer or a land surveyor in this State 
by any person not a resident of and having no established place of 
business in this State, or any person resident in this State, but whose 
arrival in the State is recent; provided, however, such person shall 
have filed an application for registration as an architect, an engineer 
or a land surveyor and shall have paid the fee provided for in Section 
9 of this Act. Such exemption shall continue for only such reason- 
able time as the Board requires in which to consider and grant or deny 
the said application for registration. 

4. Practice as an architect, an engineer or a land surveyor by any person 
not a resident of, and having no established place of business in this 
State, as a consulting associate of an architect, an engineer or a land 
surveyor registered under the provisions of this Act; provided the 
non-resident is qualified for such professional service in his own 
State or country. 

5. Practice as an architect, an engineer or a land surveyor solely as an 
officer or as an employee of the United States, 

Sec. 14. Corporations May Engage in Work if Responsible Head is 
Registered. A corporation or partnership may engage in work of an 



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architectural or engineering character, or in land surveying, in this State, 
provided the person or persons connected with such corporation or partner- 
ship in responsible charge of such work is or are registered as herein required 
of architects, engineers and land surveyors, or is or are otherwise authorized 
to practice. The same exemptions shall apply to corporations and partner- 
ships as apply to individuals under this Act. 

Sec. 15. Definitions. Land surveying as covered by this Act refers 
only to surveys for the establishment or re-establishment of land boundaries, 
the subdivision and platting of land and the determination of areas. 

Sec. 16. Inconsistent Acts Repealed. All laws or parts of laws in 
conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. 

Sec. 17. This bill shall take effect and be in force from and after its 
passage. 

Approved April 25, 1921. 



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STATE OF NEW JERSEY 

THE NEW JERSEY LAW 

Approved April, 1921 

AN ACT 

TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS 
AND LAND SURVEYORS. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 
THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY: 

1. In order to safeguard life, health and property any person prac- 
ticing or offering to practice professional engineering or land sun^eying in 
this State, shall hereafter be required to submit evidence that he or she is 
qualified so to practice and shall be licensed as hereinafter provided and from 
and after two years after the date upon which this Act becomes effective, 
it shall be unlawful for any person to practice or to offer to practice pro- 
fessional engineering or land surveying in this State, unless such person has 
been duly licensed under the provisions of this Act. 

Nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring licensing for the purpose 
of practicing professional engineering or land surveying by any person, firm 
or corporation upon property owned or leased by such person, firm or cor- 
poratilfc, unless the same involves the public safety or health. 

2. To carry out the provisions of this Act, there is hereby created 
an examining board for the licensing of professional engineers and land sur- 
veyors, which Board shall consist of five (5) members who shall be appointed 
by the Governor of the State of New Jersey, with the advice and consent of 
the Senate, within sixty days after the passage of this Act, or as soon as 
practicable thereafter. The first members of said Board shall be appointed 
to sei've for the following terms: One member for one (1) year, one member 
for two (2) years, one member for three (3) years, one member for four 
(4) years and one member for five (5) years. On the expiration of each of 
said terms, the terra of office of each newly appointed or reappointed member 
shall be for a period of five (5) years. Each member shall hold office after 
the expiration of his term until his successor shall be duly appointed and 
qualified. The term of office of the members of said Board shall commence 
on the first day of May, nineteen hundred and twenty-one. Vacancies in the 
membership of the Board, however created, shall be filled by appointment 
of the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, for the unexpired 
term. 

3. Said Board, when so appointed, shall be designated and known as 
the "State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors." 

No person shall be appointed upon said Board who is not a citizen of 

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the United States and a resident of this State at the time of his appointment, 
and who has not been engaged in the practice of professional engineering or 
laud surveying at least ten (10) years, and who shall not have been in responsible 
charge of professional engineering or land surveying for at least five (5) 
years. 

After this Act shall become effective, no person shall be appointed as 
member of said Examining Board who shall not be a licensed professional 
engineer under the provisions of this Act. 

The members of said Examining Board shall receive no compensation for 
their service, but shall be reimbursed for all necessary travelling, hotel, in- 
cidental and clerical expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this 
Act; provided^ however, that the total of such expenses shall not exceed the 
total receipts from fees during any fiscal year. 

4. Each member of the Examining Board before entering upon the duties 
of his office, shall subscribe to an official oath of office as provided by an Act 
entitled "An Act Prescribing the Official Oaths of All Public Officers" approved 
April twentieth, one thousand nine hundred and twentj", Avhich oath shall 
be filed in the office of the Secretaiy of State. 

The Examining Board shall be entitled to the services of the Attorney 
General in connection with the affairs of the Board and the Board shall have 
power to compel the attendance of Avitnesses, and any member thereof may 
administer oaths and the Board may take testimony and proofs concerning 
all matters within its jurisdiction. 

The Examining Board shall adopt and have an official seal and shall make 
all by-laws and rules, not inconsistent with law, necessary or desirable in 
perfoiming its duty. 

5. Said Examining Board shall within thirty days after its members 
are appointed, meet and organize by electing a president, vice-president and 
a secretary and treasurer, who shall hold their respective offices for one (1) 
year from the date of election and until their successors have been elected 
and have qualified. 

The treasurer shall give bond for the faithful performance of his duties, 
in such sum as the Board shall determine. 

The secretaiy elected by the Board need not be a member of said Board 
and shall receive such salaiy, not exceeding five hundred dollars per year, as 
said Board shall determine, subject, however, to the provisions of section three 
hereof. 

Said Board shall meet at least semi-annually and special meetings may 
be held at such times as the by-laws of the Board may pi-ovide. 

Notice of all meetings shall be given in the manner provided by the by- 
laws. 

A quorum of the Examining Board shall consist of three (3) members. 

6. The treasurer of the Board shall receive and account for all moneys 
derived from the operation of this act and shall pay therefrom, upon resolu- 
tion of the Board, all expenses incurred by the said Board, including the 
salary of the secretary, in cariying out the provisions of this Act. 

An itemized account of all receipts and expenditures of the Board shall be 



STATE OF NEW JERSEY 71 

kept by the said treasurer and a detailed report thereof, verified by the affidavit 
of said treasurer, shall be filed with the Secretai-y of State within twenty 
days after the close of the Board's fiscal year. 

Tlie Secretary of State shall be paid such fees for filing the report as 
are now paid for filing- similar papers in his office. All surplus in the hands 
of the Board at the end of the fiscal year shall be paid to the State Treasurer. 

7. The Examining Board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a 
roster of all applicants for license, showing for each the date of application,, 
name, age, education and other qualifications, place of business and place 
of residence, whether or not an examination was required and whether the 
applicant was rejected or a certificate of license granted, and the date of 
such action. 

The books and register of the Examining Board shall be prima facie 
evidence of all matters recorded therein. The roster showing the names and 
places of business and of residences of all licensed professional engineers 
and land surveyors shall be prepared by the Secretary of the Board during 
the moiith of June of each year; such roster shall be printed and a copy 
mailed to each license and a copy mailed to the clerk of each city, town, 
township, village, borough, county and other municipal corporation of this 
State, which roster shall be placed on file in the office of said clerk. 

8. The Examining Board, upon application therefor, on prescribed forms, 
and upon the payment of a fee of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, except in cases 
where the applicant applies for license to practice both professional engineer- 
ing and land surveying, when the fee shall be thirty-five ($35.00) dollars, and 
except as hereinafter provided, shall under the following conditions, issue 
a certificate of license: 

(a) To any person who submits evidence satisfactoiy to the Board, that 
he or she is fully qualified to practice professional engineering or land sur- 
veying. 

(b) To any person who holds a like unexpired certificate of license 
issued to him or her by proper authority, in the District of Columbia or in 
any State or Territoiy of the United States in which the requirements for 
the license or registration of professional engineers or land surveyors are of 
a standard satisfactoiy to the Board ; provided, however, that no person shall 
be eligible for license as a professional engineer who is under twenty-one 
years of age or who is not of good character and repute or who has not been 
actively engaged for four (4) or more years in the practice of professional 
engineering of a grade satisfactory to the Examining Board and who shall 
not have had responsible charge of work as assistant to a professional engineer 
for at least one (1) year. 

And provided, further, that no person shall be eligible for license as a 
land sul'^'eyor who is under twenty-one years of age and who is not a citizen 
of the United States or who has not made declaration of his or her intention 
to become a citizen of the United States, or who does not speak and write 
the English langaiage or who is not of good character and repute and who 
has not been actively engaged for three (3) or more years in the practice 
of land surveying of a grade satisfactoiy to the Board; provided, however. 



72 ENGINEERS LICENSE LAWS 

each two (2) years of study satisfactorily completed, of engineering' in a 
school of engineering of standing satisfactory to the Board, shall be con- 
sidered as equivalent to one (1) year of such active practice. 

Unless disqualifjdng evidence be before the Board, the following facts 
established in the application shall be regarded as prima facie "evidence satis- 
factory to the Board" that the applicant has fully qualified to practice pro- 
fessional engineering or land surveying: 

I. Six or more years of active engagement in professional engineering 
work, one of which shall have been in responsible charge of work, or in the 
case of applicants for a license as land surveyors, four or more years of active 
engagement in land surveying work of a character satisfactory to the Board. 

II. Graduation after a course of not less than four (4) years in engi- 
neering, from a school or college approved by the Board as of satisfactory 
standing and an additional four (4) years of active engagement in professional 
engineering, one year of which shall have been in responsible charge of work, 
or two (2) years of active engagement in professional land surveying satis- 
factoi-y to the Board. 

Applicants for license, in cases where the evidence originally presented 
in the application does not appear to the Board to be conclusive, or to 
warrant the issuance of a certificate, may present further evidence for the 
consideration of the Board which may include the results of a required exami- 
nation. 

In determining the qualifications of applicants for license as professional 
engineers or land surveyors, character shall be given predominant weight and 
a majority vote of the members of the Board shall be required to pass upon 
the issuance of a license to any applicant. 

9. The said Board after examination or receiving other evidence of 
qualifications as provided by this Act, shall issue a license to the applicant 
therefor, certifying said applicant to have passed such examination or as 
being othenvise qualified to pi-actice professional engineering and land sur- 
veying. 

Any person receiving such license shall cause the same to be recorded 
in the office of the Secretary of State, in a book to be kept for that purpose, 
and shall pay such recording fee as may be provided by law for the recording 
of similar documents. 

10. Such certificate of license shall expire on the thirtieth day of April 
following its issuance or renewal and shall become invalid on that daj^ unless 
renewed. 

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Board to notify by mail eveiy 
person licensed hereunder, of the date of the expiration of his or her certifi- 
cate and the amount of the fee required for its renew^al for one (1) year, 
and such notice shall be mailed at least one (1) month in advance of the date 
of the expiration of said certificate. 

Renewal may be effected at any time during the month of April by pay- 
ment of a fee of one ($1.00) dollar to the Secretary of the Board. The 
failure on the part of any licensee to renew his certificate annually in the month 
of April, as required above, shall not deprive such person of the right of 



STATE OF NE\Y JERSEY 73 

renewal thereafter, but the fee to be paid for the renewal of a certificate after 
the month of April shall be increased ten per centum (10%) for each month 
or a fraction of a month that payment for renewal is delayed; provickd, how- 
ever, that the maximum fee for a delayed renewal shall not exceed the sum 
of two ($2.00) dollars. 

11. The Examining Board shall have the power to revoke the certificate 
of license of any professional engineer or land surveyor licensed hereunder 
who is found guilty by said Board of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a 
certificate of license, or of gross negligence, incompetency or misconduct' in 
the practice of engineering or land surveying. 

Any person may prefer charges of such fraud, deceit, negligence, in- 
competency or misconduct against any professional engineer or land surveyor 
hereunder. 

Such charges shall be in writing and sworn to by the complainant and 
submitted to the Board. Such charges unless dismissed without hearing by 
the Board as unfounded or trivial, shall be heard and determined by the Board 
within three (3) months after the date on which they are preferred. The time 
and place for such hearing shall be fixed by the Board. A copy of the charges, 
together with a notice of the time and place of hearing shall be personally 
sen-ed on the accused at least thirty (30) days before the day fixed for the 
hearing, and in the event that such service cannot be effected thirty (30) days 
before such hearing, then the date of hearing and determination shall be 
postponed as may be necessary to permit the carrying out of this condition. 
At said hearing the accused shall have the right to appear personally and 
by counsel and to cross examine witnesses against him or her and to produce 
evidence and witnesses in his or her defense. If after said hearing three 
or more members of the Board vote in favor of finding the accused guilty 
of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate, or of gToss negligence, 
incompetency or misconduct in the practice of professional engineering or 
land suiTeying, the Board shall revoke the certificate of license of the accused. 
The Board may under circumstances which to it may seem proper, reissue a 
certificate of license to any person whose certificate has been revoked. The 
Secretary of the Board shall within thirty (30) days notify the clerk of each 
city, town, township, village, borough and other municipal corporation of 
this State of its revocation of a certificate of license or of the reissuance 
of a revoked certificate of license. 

A new certificate of license to replace any certificate lost, destroyed or 
mutilated, may be issued subject to the rules and regulations of the Board. 
A charge of ten ($10.00) dollars shall be made for such reissuance. 

12. The issuance of a certificate of license by the Board shall be evidence 
that the person named therein is entitled to all the rights and privileges of 
a licensed professional engineer or land sur\-eyor while the said certificate, 
remains unrevoked or unexpired. 

Each licensee hereunder may upon being licensed obtain a seal of a design 
authorized by the Board bearing the licensee's name and the words "Licensed 
Professional Engineer" or "Licensed Land Surveyor," or both. Plans, speci- 
fications, plats and reports issued by a licensee shall be stamped with said seal 



74 ENGINEERS LICENSE LAWS 

during the life of licensee's certificate, but it shall be unlawful for any one 
to stamp or seal any documents with said seal after the certificate of the 
licensee named thereon has expired or has been revoked unless said cer- 
tificate has been renewed or reissued. 

13. Any person who after this Act has been in effect two (2) years, is 
not legally authorized to practice professional engineering or land surveying 
in this State according to the provisions of this Act, and shall so practice 
or offer so to practice in this State, except as provided in section fourteen 
of this Act, and any person presenting or attempting to file as his own the 
certificate of license of another, or who shall give false or forged evidence 
of any kind to the Board, or to any member thereof, in obtaining a certificate 
of license, or who shall falsely impersonate another licensed practitioner of 
like or different name, or who shall use or attempt to use an expired cer- 
tificate of license or an unexpired and revoked certificate of license, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable upon conviction thereof by 
a fine of not less than one hundred ($100.00) dollars nor more than five 
hundred ($500.00) dollars or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 
three months, or by both fine and imprisonment. 

All fines collected for the violation of any of the provisions of this Act 
shall be paid to the treasurer of this Board to be held, disposed and accounted 
for by him as herein directed, and it shall be the duty of the county collector 
of each county, upon receipt by him of any such fine, to forthwith pay over 
same to the treasurer of said Board; said Board or any member or officer 
thereof may prefer a complaint for violation of this law before any court, 
tribunal or magistrate having jurisdiction and may by its officers, counsel and 
agents, aid in presenting the law or facts before said court, tribunal or 
magistrate in any proceeding taken thereon, and it shall be the duty of the 
prosecutor of the pleas of the counties in this State to prosecute all violations 
of the provisions of this Act. 

14. The following shall be exempted from the provisions of this Act: 

(1) Practice as a professional engineer or land surveyor in this State 
by any person not a resident of this State and having no established place 
of business in this State, when such practice does not aggregate more than 
thirty days in any calendar year; provided, that said person is legally qualified 
for such professional service in the State or country of his residence. 

(2) Practice as a professional engineer or land surveyor in this State 
by any person not a resident of and having no established place of business 
in this State, or any person who has resided in this State for less than three 
months; provided, however , such person shall have filed an application for 
license as a professional engineer or land surveyor and shall have paid the 
fee provided for in section eight of this Act. Such exemption shall con- 
tinue for only such time as the Board requires to act upon the said applica- 
tion for license. 

(3) Engaging in professional engineering or land sui'veying as an employee 
or pupil of, or under the direction of a licensed professional engineer or a 
licensed land surveyor, or as an employee or pupil of, or under the direction 
of a professional engineer or land sui-veyor authorized by paragraphs two 



STATE OF NEW JERSEY 75 

and three of this section; provided, that said practice shall not include 
responsible charge of design or supervision as principal. 

(4) Practice of professional engineering or land sui'veying solely as an 
officer or as an employee of the United States. 

(5) Practice of professional engineering or land surveying solely as an 
employee of this State or any political subdivision thereof at the time this 
Act becomes effective and thereafter only until the expiration of the then 
existing term of office of such employee. 

(6) The pi;0ctice of engineering or land surveying solely as an officer 
or emploj^ee of a corporation engaged in Interstate Commerce as defined in. 
the act to regulate commerce, approved February fourth, one thousand eight 
hundred and eighty-seven, and as amended. 

15. Two years after the date upon which this Act becomes effective, no 
county, city, town, township, village, borough or other municipal corporations 
or other political subdivisions in the State shall engage in the construction 
or maintenance of any public work involving professional engineering or land 
surv^eying for'which j^lans, specifications and estimates have not been made by, 
and the constiniction and maintenance supervised by a licensed professional 
engineer or land surveyor; provided, that nothing in this section shall be held 
to apply to such public work wherein the contemplated expenditure for the 
completed project does not exceed two thousand ($2,000) dollars. 

IG. Land surveying as covered by this Act refers to surveys for the 
determination of areas or for the establishment or re-establishment of land 
boundaries and the subdivision and platting of land. Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed as prohibiting licensed professional engineers from making 
land surveys where such surveys are essential to engineering projects, nor as 
prohibiting any person from doing land surveying; provided he does not hold 
himself out to be a licensed land surveyor, and accept or receive compensation 
for such service. 

17. Professional engineering as covered by this Act means the practice 
of the professional engineer who through technical knowledge gained by edu- 
cation and experience in one or more branches of that profession initiate, 
investigate, plans and directs the application of the resources of nature to 
the use and convenience of man; and who represents himself or herself to be 
such an engineer, either through the use of the term engineer with or without 
qualifying adjective, or through the use of some other title imi^lying that 
he or she is such an engineer. 

18. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed 
and this Act shall take effect immediately. 



STATE OF NEW YORK 

NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF LICENSING FOR PROFESSIONAL 
ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS 

Chairman — A. H. Hooker, Hooker Electro-Chemical Works, Niagara Falls, N. Y. 
Vice-Chairman — Percy E. Barbour, Engineering Building, 39 W. 39th Street, New 

York City. 
Secretary — H. G. Reist, General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y. 
W. G. Eliot, No. 1 West 54th Street, New York City. 
M. Palmer, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y. 

THE NEW YORK LAW 

Effective May 5, 1921 
CHAPTER 581 

AN ACT 

TO AMEND THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, IN RELATION TO THE 
LICENSING OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SUR- 
VEYORS, GENERALLY. 

Became a law May 5, 1921, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, 

three-fifths being present. 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, > REPRESENTED IN 
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 
Section 1. Article four-a of chapter twenty-five of the laws of nineteen 
hundred and nine, entitled ''An act relating to general business, constituting 
chapter twenty of the consolidated laws," as added by chapter seven hundred 
and seventy-five of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty, is hereby amended 
to read as follows: 

ARTICLE IV-A 
Engineers and Surveyors 

Section 37. Engineers and surv^eyors to be licensed. 

38. Appointment of the board. 

39. Qualifications and expenses. 
39-a. Powers of the board. 

39-b. Organization and meetings of the board. 

39-c. Receipts and disbursements. 

39-d. Records and reports. 

39-e. Applications for and issuance of certificates. 

39-f. Certificates. 

39-g. Expiration and renewal of certificates. 

39-h. Revocation and reissue of certificates. 

39-i. Significance of certificate. 

39- j. Unlawful acts and penalties. 



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39 -k. Exemptions. 

39-1. Public work. 

39-ni. Land surveying. 

39-n. Professional engineering. 

39-0. • Construction of this article. 
Section 37. Engineers and Surveyors to be Licensed. In order to safe- 
guard life, health and property, any person practicing or offering to practice 
professional engineering or land surveying in this state shall hereafter be 
required to submit evidence that he or she is qualified so to practice, and shall 
be licensed as hereinafter provided, and from and after two years after this 
act becomes effective it shall be unlawful for any person to practice or to offer 
to practice professional engineering or land surveying in this state, unless such 
person has been duly licensed under the provisions of this act. 

Sec. 38. Appointment of the Board. To carry out the provisions of 
this act there is hereby created a state board of licensing for professional 
engineers and land surveyors, hereinafter called the "board," consisting of five 
members, who shall be appointed by the regents of the university of the state 
of New York within sixty days after this act becomes effective or as soon as 
possible thereafter. The members of the first board shall be appointed to 
serve for the following terms: one member for one year; one member for two 
years; one member for three years; one member for four years, and one mem- 
ber for five years. On the expiration of each of said terms the term of office 
of each newly appointed or reappointed member of the board shall be for a 
period of five years. Each member shall hold over after the expiration of his 
term until his successor shall be duly appomted and qualified. The regents 
may remove any member of the board for misconduct, incompetency or neglect 
of duty. Vacancies in the membership of the board, however created, shall be 
. filled by appointment by the regents for the unexpired term. 

Sec. 39. Qualifications and Expenses. Each member of the Board 
shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of this state at the time 
of his appointment. He shall have been engaged in the practice of the en- 
gineering profession for at least ten years and shall have been in responsible 
charge of work for at least five years. Each member of the board first created 
shall receive a certificate of license under this act from the regents of this 
state and thereafter appointees to the board shall be licensed professional 
engineers. Each member of the board shall receive a compensation determined 
by the regents for attending sessions of the board or of its committees, and 
for the time spent in necessaiy travel, and, in addition, shall be reimbursed 
for all necessary traveling, incidental and clerical expenses incurred in carrying 
out the provisions of this act. 

Sec. 39-a. Powers of the Board. Each member of the Board shall receive 
a certificate of appointment from the regents, and before beginning his term 
of office he shall file with the secretaiy of state the constitutional oath of office. 
The board or any committee thereof shall be entitled to the services of the 
attorney-general, in connection with the affairs of the board, and tlie board shall 
have power to compel the attendance of witnesses, may administer oaths and 
may take testimony and proofs concerning all matters within its jurisdiction. 



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The board shall adopt and have an official seal which shall be affixed to all 
certificates of license granted : and shall make all by-laws and rules not incon- 
sistent with law needed in performing its duly. 

Sec. 39-b. Organization and Meetings of the Board. The Board shall 
hold a meeting within tliirly days after its members are first appointed, and 
thereafter shall hold at least two regular meetings each succeeding calendar 
year. Special meetings shall be held at such times as the by-laws of the board 
may provide. Notice of all meetings shall be given in such manner as the 
by-laws may provide. The board shall elect annually from its members a 
chairman, a vice-chainnan and a secretaiy. A quonmi of the board shall 
consist of not less than three members. 

Sec. 39-c. Receipts and Disbursements. The Secretary of the Board 
shall receive and account for all monej'S derived from the operation of this 
act and shall pay them to the regents who shall pay therefrom all expenses 
incurred by the board, the secretary of said board and the regents, in cari-ying 
ou the provisions of this act, and shall pay any portion of the monej^s received, 
which shall remain after the payment of these expenses into the state treasury. 

Sec. 39-d. Records and Reports. Tlie Board shall keep a record of 
its proceedings and a register of all applicants for license, sliowing, for each, 
the date of application, name, age, education and other qualifications, place 
of business and place of residence, whether or not an examination was required 
and whether the applicant was rejected, or a certificate of license granted, and 
the date of such action. The books and register of the board shall be prima 
facie evidence of all matters recorded therein. A roster showing the names 
and places of business and of residence of all licensed professional engineers 
and land surveyors shall be prepared by the secretaiy of the board during the 
month of January of each year; such roster shall be printed by the regents, 
and a copy mailed to each licensee and a copy mailed to and placed on file by 
the clerk of each county in the state. 

Sec. 39-e. Applications for and Issuance of Certificates. The regents, 
on application therefor, on prescribed fomis and the payment of a fee of 
twenty-five dollars, except m cases where the applicant applies for license to 
practice professional engineering or land surveying when the fee shall be thirty- 
five dollars; and except as hereinafter provided, shall on the recommendation 
of the board issue a certificate of license: 

1. To any person who submits evidence satisfactoi-y to the board that he 
or she is fully qualified to practice professional engineering or land surveying. 

Provided, however, that no person shall be eligible for license as a pro- 
fessional engineer who is under twenty-one years of age, who is not of good 
character and repute, and who has not been actively engaged for four or more 
years in the practice of professional engineering of a character satisfactory 
to the board. 

Provided, however, that no person shall be eligible for license as a land 
surveyor who is under twenty-one years of age, who is not a citizen of the 
United States, or who has not made declaration of his or her intention to 
become a citizen of the United States, who does not speak and write the 
English language, who is not of good character and repute, and who has not 



80 ENGINEEES LICENSE LAWS 

been actively engaged for three or more years in the practice of land sarveying 
of a character satisfactoiy to the board. 

However, each two years of study, satisfactorily completed, of engineering 
in a school of engineering of standing satisfactory to the regents shall be con- 
sidered as equivalent to one year of such active practice. 

Unless disqualifying evidence be before the board, the following facts 
established in the application shall be regarded as prima facie "evidence, satis- 
factory to the board," that the applicant is fully qualified te practice pro- 
fessional engineering or land suiveying. 

(a) Six or more years of active engagement in professional engineering 
work, one of which shall have been in responsible charge of work, or in the 
case of applicants for license as a land surveyor, four or more years of active 
engagement in land surveying work of a character satisfactory to the board; 

(b) Graduation, after a course of not less than four years in engineering 
from a school or college approved by the regents as of satisfactory standing, 
and an additional four years af active engagement in professional engineering, 
one of which shall have been in responsible charge of work, or two years of 
active -engagement in professional land surveying of a character satisfactory 
to the board. 

Applicants for license, in cases where the evidence originally presented 
in the application does not appear to the board conclusive or warranting the 
issuance of a certificate, may present further evidence, which may include the 
results of a required examination, for the consideration of the board. 

In determining the qualifications of applicants for license as professional 
engineers or land surveyors a majority vote of the members of the board shall 
be required to pass the candidate. 

In case the board denies the issuance of a certificate to an applicant, the 
license fee deposited shall be returned by the regents to the applicant. 

2. To any person w4io holds an unexpired certificate of license issued to 
him or her by a legally constituted board of examiners in the District of 
Columbia or in any state or territory of the United States in which the require- 
ments for the license or registration of professional engineers or land surveyors 
are of a standard not lower than those prescribed in this state, provided that 
an agreement of reciprocity in the matter of indorsement of such certificates 
of license shall have been entered into between the regents of the university of 
the state of New York, the board of examiners of this state and the like duly 
constituted authorities in the District of Columbia or in any other state or 
territory of the United States. 

Sec 39-f. Certificates. The result of every examination or other evi- 
dence of qualifications, as provided by this article, shall be reported to the 
board of regents by the board of license, and a record of the same shall be 
kept by the board of regents and the board of regents shall, unless deemed 
otherwise advisable, issue a certificate of license to eveiy person certified by 
the board of license as having passed such examination or as being otherwise 
qualified to be entitled to receive the same. 

Sec. 39-g. Expiration and Renewal of Certificates. Such certificates 
shall expire on the last day of the month of December following their issuance 



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or renewal and shall become invalid on that date unless renewed; provided, 
however, that certificates issued between December first and December thirty- 
first in any year shall not expire until December thirty-first of the year follow- 
ing. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the board to notify by mail every 
person licensed hereunder of the date of the expiration of his or her certificate 
and the amount of the fee required for its renewal for one year; and such 
notice shall be mailed at least one month in advance of the date of the expira- 
tion of said certificate. 

Renewal may be effected at any time during the month of December by 
the payment of a fee of one dollar to the secretary of the board. The failure 
on the part of any licensee to renew his certificate annually in the month of 
December as required above shall not deprive such person of the right of 
renewal thereafter, but the fee to be paid for the renewal of a certificate after 
the month of December shall be increased ten per centum for each month or a 
fraction of a month that payment for renewal is delayed ; provided, however, 
that the maximum fee for a delayed renewal shall not exceed twice the normal 
fee. 

Sec. 39-h. Revocation and Reissue of Certificates. The regents shall 
have the power, on the recommendation of the board, to revoke the certificate 
of license of any professional engineer or land surveyor licensed hereunder 
who is found guilty of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate of license 
or of gross negligence, incompetency or misconduct in the practice of profes- 
sional engineering or land surveying. Any person may prefer charges of such 
fraud, deceit, negligence, incompetency or misconduct against any professional 
engineer or land surveyor hereunder; such charges shall be in writing and 
sworn to by the complainant and submitted to the board. Such charges, unless 
dismissed without hearing by the board as unfounded or trivial, shall be heard 
and determined by the board within three months aftar the date on which they 
are preferred. A time and place for such hearing shall be fixed by the board. 
A copy of the charges, together with a notice of the time and place of hearing, 
shall be legally served on the accused at least thirty days before the date fixed' 
for the hearing, and in the event that such service cannot be effected thirty 
days before such hearing, then the date of hearing and determination shall be 
postponed as may be necessaiy to permit the carrying out of this condition. 
At said hearing the accused shall have the right to appear personally and by 
counsel and to cross-examine witnesses against him or her and to produce 
evidence and witnesses in his or her defense. If after said hearing three or 
more members of the board vote in favor of finding the accused guilty of any 
fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate or of gross negligence, incompetency 
or misconduct in the practice of professional engineering or land surveying, 
the board shall recommend to the regents the revocation of the certificate "of 
license of the accused. 

The regents may, on recommendation of the board, reissue a certificate of 
license to any person whose certificate has been revoked. 

The regents shall within thirty days notify the clerk of each county in the 
state of its revocation of a certificate of license or of its reissuance of a 
revoked certificate of license. 



82 ENGINEERS LICENSE LAWS 

A new certificate of license to replace any certificate lost, destroyed or 
mutilated, may be issued, subject to the rules and regulations of the board. 
A charge of ten dollars shall be made for each reissue. 

Sec. 39-i. Significance of Certificate— Seals. The issuance of a certi- 
ficate of license by the regents shall be evidence that the person named therein 
is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a licensed professional engineer 
or land surveyor, while the said certificate remains unrevoked or unexpired. 

Each licensee heremider may upon being licensed obtain a seal of the 
design authorized by the board, bearing the licensee's name and the legend 
"licensed professional engineei^' or "licensed land surveyor." Plans, specifica- 
tions, plats and reports issued by a licensee may be stamped with said seal 
during the life of licensee's certificate, but it shall be unlawful for any one 
to stamp or seal any documents with said seal after the certificate of the 
licensee named thereon has expired or has been revoked unless said certificate 
has been renewed or reissued. 

Sec. 39-j. Unlawful Acts and Penalties. Any person who after this 
act lias been in effect tw^o years is not legally authorized to practice profes- 
sional engineering or land surveying in this state according to the provisions 
of this act and shall so practice, or offer so to practice, in this state, except as 
provided in section thirty-nine-k of this act, and any person presenting or 
attempting to file as his own the certificate or license of another, or who shall 
give false or forged evidence of any kind to the board, or to any member 
thereof, in obtaining a certificate of license, or who shall falsely impersonate 
any other practitioner, of like or different name, or who shall use or a^rempt 
to use an expired or unexpired or revoked certificate of license, shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall for each such offense of which he is con- 
victed be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more 
than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for three months, or by both 
fine and imprisonment. 

Sec. 39-k. Exemptions. The following shall be exempted from the 
provisions of this act: 

1. Offering to practice in this state as a professional engineer or land 
surveyor by any person not a resident of and having no established place of 
business in this state. 

2. Practice as a professional engineer or land surveyor in this state by 
any person not a resident in this state and having no established place of 
business in this state, when such practice does not aggregate more than lliiily 
days in any calendar year provided that said person is legally qualified lor 
such professional service in his own state or country. 

- 3. Practice as a professional engineer or land surveyor in this state hv 
any person not a resident of and having no established place of business in 
this state, or any person resident in this state, but whose arrival in the stalo 
is recent ; provided, however, such a person shall have filed an application for 
license as a professional engineer or land surveyor, and shall have paid the 
fee provided for in se^^tion thirty-nine-o* of this act. Such exemption shall 

* So in original (snould be e) 



STATE OF NEW YORK 83 

continue for only such reasonable time as the board requires in which to con- 
sider and gi'ant or deny the said application for license. 

4. Engaged in professional engineering or land surveying as an employee 
or pupil of or under the direction of a licensed professional engineer or a 
licensed land surveyor, or as an employee or pupil of or under the direction 
of a professional engineer or land surveyor authorized by paragraphs two and 
three of this section, provided that said practice may jiot include responsible 
charge of design or supervision as principal. 

5. Practice of professional engineering or land surveying solely as an 
officer or as an employee of the United States. 

6. Practice of professional engineering or land surveying solely as an 
employee of this state or any political subdivision thereof, at the time this act 
becomes effective and thereafter only until the expiration of the then existmg 
term of office of such employee. 

Sec. 39-1. Public Work. Two years after this Act goes into effect, 
no county, city, town or village or other political subdivision in the state, shall 
engage in the construction or maintenance of any public work involving pro- 
fessional engineering or land sui'\'eying for which plans, specifications and 
estimates have not been made by, and the construction and maintenance super- 
vised by, a licensed professional engineer or land surveyor; provided, that 
nothing in this section shall be held to apply to such public work wherein the 
contemplated expenditure for the completed jDroject does not exceed two 
thousand dollars. 

Sec. 39-m. Land Surveying. Land surveying for the purposes of this 
article means the survey of areas for their correct determination and descrip- 
tion, and for conveyancing when that is involved, or for the establishment or 
re-establishment of land boundaries and the plotting of lands and subdivisions 
thereof. 

Sec. 39-n. Professional Engineering. A person practices professional 
engineering within the meaning and intent of this article, except as hereinafter 
stated, who holds himself out as able to do, or ,who does, the work that an 
engineer does in the planning, designing, constructing, inspecting and super- 
vising of engineering work, or appliances involved in public or private projects, 
or in making investigations for proposed engineering projects. 

Sec. 39-0. Construction of this Article. Nothing herein shall apply 
to a corporation, partnership or joint-stock association, provided the person 
or persons carrying on the actual practice of engineering on behalf of such 
corporations, partnerships or joint-stock associations shall be licensed engineers 
and nothing in this article shall be construed to apply to the preparation or 
execution of designs, drawings, plans or specifications for the construction or 
installation of "machineiy or apparatus constnicted or installed by the corpora- 
tion, partnership or joint-stock association preparing such designs, drawings, 
plans or specifications if the supervision of the preparation of any such 
designs, drawings, plans or specifications, construction or installation shall be 
under the general direction of a licensed engineer, and nothing in this article 
shall be construed as prohibiting licensed professional engineers from making 



84 ENGINEERS LICENSE LAWS 

land surveys, where such *suveys are essential to engineering projects, nor as 
prohibiting any person from surveying land in parcels more than one acre in 
area when the same is not within the boundaries of cities or incorporated 
villages, provided such person does not represent or hold himself out as being 
a licensed land surveyor. 

2. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are 
hereby repealed. 

3. This act shall take effect immediately. 
State of New York^ ] 

Office of the Secretary of State. ] ^^ ' 

I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, 
and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of 
the whole of said original law. 

JOHN J. LYONS, 

Secretary of State. 



So in original (word misspelled) 



STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 

NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR ENGINEERS 
AND LAND SURVEYORS 

Chairman — Chas. E. Waddell, 78 Patton Avenue, Asheville, N. C. 

Vice-Chairman — Gilbert C. White, Charlotte, N. C. 

Secretary — Harry Tucker, 1301 Hillsboro Road, W. Ealeigh, N. C. 

THE NORTH CAROLINA LAW 

Ratified February 25, 1921 
[Public Laws, Session 1921.] 



Evidence of Quali- 
flcation. 



Registration. 



Practice unlawful 
wltliout registra- 
tion. 



Private practice. 



AN ACT 

TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF ENGINEERING AND LAND 
SURVEYING. 

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA DO ENACT: 

Section 1. In order to safeguard life, health, and property, 
any pei*son practicing or offering to practice engineering or land 
surveying in this State shall hereafter be required to submit 
evidence that he or she is qualified so to practice, and shall be 
registered as hereinafter provided ; and ' from twelve months 
after this act becomes effective it shall be unlawful for any 
person to practice or to offer to practice engineering or land 
survejdng in this State, except as herein provided, unless such 
person has been duly registered under the provisions of this act. 
Sec. 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring 
registration for the purpose of practicing engineering or land 
surveying by an individual, firm, or corporation on property 
owned or leased by said individual, finn, or corporation, unless 
the same involves the public safety or health. 

Sec. 3. To carry out the provisions of this act, there is 
hereby created a State Board of Registration for Engineers and 
Land Surveyors, hereinafter called the "board," consisting of 
five members, who shall be appointed by the Goveraor within 
sixty days after this act becomes effective. At least one member 
of such board shall be appointed from the engineering faculty 
of the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineer- 
ing, and at least one member from the engineering faculty of the 
University of North Carolina. Not more than three members 
of said board shall be from the same branch of the profession 
of engineering. The members of the first board shall be ap- 
pointed to serve for the following terms: Two members for 
one year, two members for two years, and one member for four 

85 



state Board of 
Registration for 
Engineers and 
Land Surveyors. 

Number and 
Appointment. 

Quallflcatlons 
for appointees. 



Brandies of pro- 
fession. 



Terms of office. 



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ENGINEERS LICENSE LAWS 



Terms of suc- 
cessors. 



Removal for cause. 



Vacancies. 



Requisites for ap- 
pointment. 



Pay. 



Certificate of ap- 
pointment. 
Oath of office. 



Certificate of reg- 
istration. 



Power to adminis- 
ter oaths, compel 
attendance of wit- 
ness^, and take 
testimony. 

Official seal. 
By-laws. 

First meeting. 

Regular meeting. 
Special meetings. 

Notice of meetings. 

OrganiE&tion. 

Quorum. 



Fund of Board of 
Registration for 
Engineers and 
Land Surveyors. 



Appropriation of 

fund. 

Warrants on fund. 



years; said terms ending on the thirty-first day of December of 
the succeeding year. On the expiration of each of said terms 
the term of office of each newly appointed or reappointed mem- 
ber of the board shall be for a period of four years and shall 
terminate on the thirty-first day of December. Each member 
shall hold over after the expiration of his term until the suc- 
cessor shall be duly appointed and qualified. The Governor may 
remove any member of the board for misconduct, incompetency, 
or neglect of duty. Vacancies in the membership of the board, 
however created, shall be filled by appointment by the Governor 
for the unexpired term. 

Sec. 4. Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the 
United States and a resident of this State at the time of his 
appointment. He shall have been engaged in the practice or 
teaching of his profession for at least ten years. Each member 
of the board shall receive ten dollars ($10) per day for attend- 
ing sessions of the board or of its committees, and for the time 
spent in necessary travel, and, in addition, shall be reimbursed 
for all necessary traveling, incidental, and clerical expenses 
incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act. 

Sec. 5. Each member of the board shall receive a certificate 
of appointment from the Governor, and before beginning his 
term of office he shall file with the Secretary of State the con- 
stitutional oath of office. Each member of the board first 
created shall receive' a certificate of registration under this aet 
from the Governor of the State. The board shall have power 
to compel the attendance of witnesses, may administer oaths and 
may take testimony and proofs concerning all matters within 
its jurisdiction. The board shall adopt and have an official seal, 
which shall be affixed to all certificates of registration granted; 
and shall make all by-laws and rules not inconsijBtent with law, 
needed in performing its duty. 

Sec. 6. The board shall hold a meeting within thirty days 
after its members are first appointed, and thereafter shall hold 
at least two regular meetings each year. Special meetings shall 
be held at such times as the by-laws of the board may provide. 
Notice of all meetings shall be given in such manner as the 
by-laws may provide. The board shall elect annually from its 
members a chairman, a vice-chairman, and a secretary. A quorum 
of the board shall consist of not less than three members. 

Sec. 7. The secretary of the board shall receive and account 
for all moneys derived from the operation of this act and shall 
pay them to the State Tl-easurer, who shall keep such moneys in 
a separate fund, to be known as the ''Fund of the Board of 
Registration for Engineers and Land Surveyors," which fund 
shall be continued from year to year, and shall be drawn against 
only for the purpose of this act as herein provided. All expenses 



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87 



certified by the board as properly and necessarily incurred in 
the discharge of its duties, including authorized compensations, 
shall be paid out of said fund on the warrant of the Auditor 
of the State, issued on requisition signed by the chairman and 
secretarj^ of the board: Provided, however, that at no time shall 
the total of warrants issued exceed the total amount of funds 
accumulated under this act. ' The secretai'y of the board shall 
give a surety bond satisfactory to the State Treasurer, condi- 
tioned upon the faithful performance of his duties. The pre- 
mium on said bond shall be regarded as a proper and necessary 
expense of the board. 

Sec. S. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings 
and a register of all applicants for registration showing for each 
the date of application, name, age, education and other qualifica- 
tions, place of business and place of residence, and whether the 
applicant was rejected or a certificate of registration granted, 
and the date of such action. The books and register of the board 
shall be prima facie evidence of all matters recorded therein. 
A roster showing the names and places of business and of resi- 
dence of all registered engineers and land surveyors shall be 
prepared by the secretary of the board during the month of 
January of each year; such roster shall be printed by the board 
out of the fund of the said board as provided in section seven, 
and a copy mailed to and placed on file by the clerk of each 
incorporated city, town and county in the State. On or before 
the first day of March of each year the board shall submit to 
the Governor a report of its transactions for the preceding year, 
and shall file with the Secretaiy of State a copy of such report, 
together with a complete statement of the receipts and expendi- 
tures of the board, attested by the affidavits of the chairman 
and the secretary, and a copy of the said roster of registered 
engineers and registered surveyors. 

Sec. 9. The board shall, on application therefor, on pre- 
scribed form, and the payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars 
($25) by engineers, or the payment of a fee of ten dollars ($10) 
by land sursej^ors, issue a certificate of registration : 

(1) To any person who submits evidence satisfactory to the 
board that he or she is fully qualified to practice engineering, or 
land surveying, such evidence after Januaiy first, one thousand 
nine hundred and twenty-three, to include an examination, oral 
or written ; or 

(2) To any person who holds a like unexpired certificate of 
registration issued to him or her by proper authority in anj^ 
state or territory of the United States in which the requirements 
for the registration of engineers or land surveyors are of a 
standard satisfactory to the board: Provided, however, that the 
Engineering Registration Board of said sfates or territories shall 



Proviso: Limita- 
tion. 



Bond of secretary. 



Premium on bond. 



Record of proce«d- 
ings and register 
of applicants. 



Prima facie evi- 
dence. 



Roster of engineers 
and surveyor*. 



Annual report. 



Issue of Certifi- 
cates. 
Fees. 



Evidence of quali- 
fication. 



Persons registrretl 
In oUier statM. 



Proviso: Reciprocal 
rights. 



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ENGINEERS LICENSE LAWS 



Proviso : Persons 
ineligible. 



Evidence satisfac- 
tory to the board. 



Experience. 



Proviso: Equiva- 
lents of experi- 
ence. 



Proviso : War 
service. 



Proviso: Time for 
application. 



Graduation from 
school or college. 



Membership in ap- 
proved societies. 



grant full and equal reciprocal registration rights and privileges 
to North Carolina registrants: 

Provided, however, that no person shall be eligible for regis- 
tration who is under twenty-one years of age, who is not a 
citizen of the United States, who does not speak and write the 
English langaiage, who is not of good character and repute. 

Unless disqualifying evidence be before the board, the fol- 
lowing facts established in the application shall be regarded as 
prima facie "evidence satisfactory to the board," that the appli- 
cant is fully qualified to practice engineering or land surveying, 
or both : 

(a) Five (5) or more years of active engagement in engi- 
neering, or three or more years active practice in land surs^eyhig, 
at the time this act is ratified: Provided, however, each year of 
teaching, or of study satisfactorily completed, in a college of 
standing satisfactory to the board shall be considered as equiva- 
lent to one year of such active practice: Provided further, the 
period spent in the army, navy, marine corps, or other Govern- 
ment service of the United States in the late war by any student 
whose engineering education was interrupted by such service 
shall also be counted as equivalent to an equal period of active 
practice: Provided, however, application for registration is 
made within twelve (12) months after the ratification of this 
act. 

(b) Graduation, after a course of not less than four (4) 
3'ears, in engineering from a school or college approved by the 
board as of satisfactory standing. 

(c) Full membership in the American Society of Civil Engi- 



Apidicants may 
present further 
evidence. 



Return of registra- 
tion fees. 



Pixpiration and re- 
newal of ceilifi- 
calcs. 



Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Society of Mechan- 
ical Engineers, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical 
Engineers, American Society of Naval Architects and Marine 
Engineers, or such other National or State engineering or archi- 
tectural societies ,as may be approved by the board, the require- 
ments for full membership of which are not lower than the 
requirements for full membership in the professional societies 
or institutes named above. 

Applicants for registration, in cases where the evidence origi- 
nally presented in the application does not appear to the board 
conclusive or warranting the issuance of a certificate, may pre- 
sent further evidence which may include the results of a required 
examination, for the consideration of the board. 

In case the board denies the issuance of a certificate to an 
applicant, the registration fee deposited shall be returned by the 
board to the applicant. 

Certificates of registration shall expire on tlie last day of 
the month of December following their issuance or renewal, and 



STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 



shall become invalid on tiiat date unless renewed. It shall be the 
duty of the secretaiy of the board to notify by mail every per- 
son registered hereunder of the date of the expiration of his 
certificate and the amount of the fee required for its renewal for 
one year; such notice shall be mailed at least one month in 
advance of the date of the expiration of said certificate. Renewal 
may be effected at any time during the month of January by 
the payment of a fee of five dollars ($5) to the secretary of 
the board. The failure on the part of any registrant to renew 
his certificate annually in the month of January, as required 
above, shall not deprive such person of the right of renewal 
thereafter, but the fee paid for the renewal of a certificate after 
the month of January shall be increased ten per cent for each 
month or fraction of a month that payment for renewal is 
delayed: Provided, however, that the maximum fee for a delayed 
renewal shall not exceed twice the normal fee. 

Sec. 10. The board shall have the power to revoke the 
certificate of registration of any engineer or land surveyor regis- 
tered hereunder who is found guilty of any fraud or deceit in 
obtaining a certificate of registration, or gross negligence, incom- 
petency or misconduct in the practice of engineering or land 
surveying. Any person may prefer charges of such fraud, deceit, 
negligence, incompetency or misconduct against any engineer or 
land surveyor registered hereunder; such charges shall be in 
writing and sworn to by the complainant and submitted to the 
board. Such charges, unless dismissed without hearing by the 
board as unfounded or trivial, shall be heard and determined by 
the board within three (3)) months after the date on which they 
are preferred. A time and place for such hearing shall be fixed 
by the board and held in the county in which said charges origi- 
nated. A copy of the charges, together with a notice of the 
time and place of hearing, shall be legally served on the accused 
at least thirty (30) days before the date fixed for the hearing, 
and in the event that such service cannot be effected thirty (30) 
days before such hearing, then the date of hearing and deter- 
mination shall be postponed as- may be necessary to permit the 
carrying out of this condition. At said hearing the accused shall 
have the right to appear personally and by counsel, and to cross- 
examine witnesses against him or her and to produce evidence 
or witnesses in his or her defense. If after said hearing the 
board unanimously votes in favor of finding the accused guilty 
of any fraud or deceit in obtaining the certificate, or of gross 
negligence, incompetency, or misconduct in the practice of engi- 
neering or land surveying, the board shall revoke the certificate 
of registration of the accused. 

The board may reissue a certificate of registration to any 
person whose certificate has been revoked: Provided, three or 



Notice of expira- 
tion. 



Renewal on 
ment of fee. 



Penalty for delay 
in renewal. 



Proviso: Maximum 
fee. 



Revocation of 
license. 



Charges filed and 
sworn to. 



Hearing on 
charges. 



Service of charges. 



Rights of accused. 



Revocation by 
unanimous vote. 



R<-issue of revoked 
certificate. 
Proviso : Three 
afQrmative votes. 



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ENGINEERS LICENSE LAWS 



Notice of revoca- 
tion and reinstate- 
ment. 



Lost certificates. 



Evidence carried 
by certificate. 



Seal of registrant. 



Documents under 
seal. 



Use of seal after 
expiration of rev- 
ocation of license. 



Acts declared mis- 
demeanor. 



Examptiong. 



Persons not resi- 
dent of and having 
no office in State. 



Persons tempora- 
rily in State. 



more members of the board vote in favor of such reissuance for 
reasons the board may deem sufifieient. 

The board shall immediately notify the Secretary of State 
and the clerk of each incorporated city, town or county in the 
State of its findings in the case of the revocation of a certificate 
of registration or of its reissuance of a revoked certificate of 
registration. 

A new certificate of registration to replace any certificate 
lost, destroyed or mutilated may be issued, subject to the rules 
and regulations of the board. 

Sec. 11. The issuance of a certificate of registration by 
this board shall be evidence that the person named thei"ein is 
entitled to all the rights and privileges of a registered engineer 
or registered land surveyor, or both, while the said certificate 
remains unrevoked or unexpired. 

Each registrant hereunder shall, upon registration, obtain a 
seal of the design authorized by the board, bearing the regis- 
trant's name and the legend "registered engineer," or "registered 
land surveyor." Plans, specifications, plats and reports issued 
by a registrant shall be stamped with said seal during the life of 
registrant's certificate, but it shall be unlawful for anyone to 
stamp or seal any document or documents with said seal after 
the certificate of the registrant named thereon has expired or has 
been revoked unless said certificate has been renewed or reissued. 

Sec. 12. Any person who, after this act has been in effect 
twelve (12) months, is not legally authorized to practice engi- 
neering or land surveying in this State, according to the pro- 
visions of this act, and shall practice or offer to practice engi- 
neering or land surveying in this State, except as provided in 
sections thirteen (13) and fifteen (15) of this act, and any per- 
son presenting or attempting to file as his own the certificate of 
registration of another, or who shall give false or forged evidctioe 
of any kind to the board, or to any member thereof, in obtain- 
ing a certificate of registration, or who shall falsely impersonate 
any other practitioner, of like or different name, or who shall 
use an expired or revoked certificate of registration, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall for each such offense 
of which he is convicted be punished by a fine of not less than one 
hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment for three (3) 
months, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of 
the court. 

Sec. 13. The following shall be exempted from the pro- 
visions of this act ; 

(a) Any person or - pei*sons offering to practice in this 
State, as an engineer or land surveyor, not a resident of and 
having no established place of business in this State. 

(b) Practice as an engineer or land surveyor in this State 



STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 



91 



by any person not a resident of this State, and having no estab- 
lished place of business in this State, when this practice does 
not aggregate more than thirty (30) days in any calendar year: 
Provided, that said person is legally qualified for such profes- 
sional service in his own State or country. 

(c) Practice as an engineer or land sui-veyor in this State 
by any person not a resident of this State and having no estab- 
lished place of business in this State, or any person resident in 
this State but whose an*ival in the State is recent: Provided, 
however, such person shall have filed an application for regis- 
tration as an engineer or land surveyor and shall have paid the 
fee provided for in section nine of this act. Such exemption 
shall contmue for only such reasonable time as the board requires 
in which to consider and grant or deny the said application for 
registration. 

(d) Engaging in engineering or land surveying as an 
employee, or assistant, of a registered engineer or a registered 
land surveyor, or as an employee or assistant of a nonresident 
engineer or a nonresident land sui-veyor, provided for in para- 
graphs (b) and (c) of this section, provided that said work as 
an employee may not include responsible charge of design or 
supervision. 

(e) Practice of engineering or land surveying by any per- 
son not a resident of and having no established place of business 
in this State, as a consulting associate or an architect, engineer 
or a land surveyor registered under the provisions of this act: 
Provided, the nonresident is qualified for such professional ser- 
vice in his own State or countiy. 

(f) Practice of engineering and land surveying solelj^ as an 
officer or as an employee of the United States. 

See. 14. A corporation or partnership may engage in the 
practice of engineering or land surveying in this State: Pro- 
vided, the person or persons connected with such corporation or 
partnership in charge of the designing or supervision which 
constitutes such practice is or are registered as herein required 
of engineers and land surveyors. The same exemptions shall 
apply to corporations and partnerships as apply to individuals 
under this act. 

Sec. 15. Land surveying as covered by this act refers only 
to surveys for the determination of areas, or for the establish- 
ment or reestablishment of land boundaries and the subdivisions 
and platting of land, and making plats, maps, and drawing 
descriptions of the lands or lines so surveyed, platted or investi- 
gated. Nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting a duly 
qualified registered engineer from making land surveys; nor as 
prohibiting any person from doing land surveying provided he 
does not represent himself to be a registered land surveyor. 



Proviso: Qaaliflca- 
tion in State of 
residence. 

Persons recently 
arrived in State. 



Proviso: Applica- 
tion for certificate 
filed. 



Limit of exemp- 
tion. 



Employees or 
assistants of regis- 
tered engineers or 
surveyors. 



Consulting 
elates. 



Officers or em- 
ployees of United 
States. 

Corporations. 

Proviso: Persons 
connected wltli 
corporation Quali- 
fied. 



Land surveying. 



Land surveying 
by engineers. 



Land surveyor not 
registered. 



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Repealing clause. Sec. 16. All laws and pai'ts of laws in conflict with the 

provisions of this act are hereby repealed. 

See. 17. This act shall be in force from and after its 
ratification. 

Ratified this the 25th day of February, A. D. 1921. 



STATE OF OREGON 

OREGON STATE BOARD OF ENGINEERING EXAMINERS 

Officp:— o20 Corbett Buildini*', Port land, ,()re. 

President — O Laurgaard. 
Vice-President— F. D. Weber. 
Secretary — A. B. Carter. 
F. S. Baillie. 

F. G. HoPSON. 
R. R. Bartlett. 

G. A. COVELL. 

W. B. Dennis. 
Fred Hesse. 
J. H. Lewis. 

INFORMATION TO APPLICANTS FOR REGISTRATION 

All applicants should familiarize themselves with the Act of 1919, pro- 
viding for the registration of professional engineers in Oregon. The Board 
of Engineering Examiners created by this Act to carry out its provisions is 
now prepared to accept applications for registration, and has established rules 
and regulations governing the necessary procedure in applications and exam- 
inations. 

Applications have been divided into Iwo classes, viz: those for registra- 
tion without examination, under Section 11 of the Act, and those for regis- 
tration consequent to examination, under Sections 8, 9 arid 16 of the Act. The 
former class of application is called Class 1 Applications; the latter. Class 2 
Applications. This pamphlet deals only with Class 2 Applications, Class 1 
Applications being dealt with in another pamphlet. 

All applications for registration shall be made on the printed forms sup- 
plied by the Board on request. When duly filled in as directed, and attested 
before a notaiy or other qualified official, such applications should be sub- 
mitted to the secretary of the Board and an acknowledgment obtained therefor. 
Attention is called to the importance of the applicant receiving an acknowl- 
edgment of the receipt of his application, as aplications may be lost in 
transmission, unnoticed without such acknowledgment, and the Board will not 
accept responsibility therefor. 

Class 2 Applications for registration require the applicant to show that 
he is more than 21 years of age, that he is of good character, and that he has 
been engaged upon engineering work for at least six years, and during that 
period has had charge of engineering work, as principal or assistant, for at 
— least one year; or in the event he has not had six years' practice as above, that 
he is a graduate from an engineering school of recognized good reputation. 
and has been engaged upon engineering work for at least two years, and during 
that period has been in charge of engineering work, as principal or assistant, 
for at least one year. 

All statements made by applicant must be attested before a notaiy or 

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other qualified official, and in addition the applicant must submit evidence, 
satisfactory to the Board, verifying the statements submitted by him. 

The above is the information required by the Board under the Act to 
determine whether applicant may be admitted to examination. 

The scope of the examinations are prescribed by the Board to cover the 
education and experience of the applicant as well as certain oral and written 
tests. The Board has determined that 60 out of a possible 100 marks may be 
given to the education and experience of the applicant, and for convenience 
both of the Board and the applicant it has been decided that the statement 
and the evidence submitted by the applicant with his application will be the 
basis of the determination of his rating for education and experience in the 
examination. 

For this reason it is necessary for the applicant to submit a complete 
record of his education and experience, not only during the limited periods 
prescribed in Section 8 of the Act, but during his entire career. To this end 
specific references should be given to all educational courses, studies, or degrees 
received, also to all important work or works with which applicant has been 
connected. This should be given with dates and clear reference to individuals 
or firms which can be communicated with to substantiate the statements sub- 
mitted to the Board. 

In submitting these statements and evidence it is important that applicants 
should understand that registration under this Act is not intended by the state 
to be a process contrived for the benefit of professional engineers, but for ihe 
protection of the public against the incompetent practitioner, and that action 
by the Board toward registering applicants will be directed to this end, and 
this end alone. 

For that reason applicants must convince the Board they have clear records 
of integrity of character and are professionally qualified within the meaning of 
the Act, to the end that the public interest will be served by their practice 
of the profession of engineering. The burden of proof must lie with the 
applicant, as the Board can not accept any mere statement unless it is sup- 
ported by references of reasonable sufficiency, or is within the personal knowl- 
edge of the Board. The Board does not pretend to dictate the nature of the 
evidence that it will accept, as the scope of engineering practice is too wide to 
permit definition in any pamphlet like this. It purposes to leave these matters 
to the discretion of the applicant himself, to a considerable extent. 

Applicants may refer to books, treatises, reports, patents, or other docu- 
mentaiy matter written by or issued to them in connection with engineering 
practice, and which they can submit to the Board, on request. The manner in 
which applications are prepared and submitted must necessarily impress the 
Board to a certain extent in regard to the qualification of the applicant. It is, 
therefore, particularly requested that applicants use care in preparing clear 
and comprehensive, but reasonably eoncase statements, well supported by 
references (with addresses), with whom the Board may communicate, or with 
such other evidence as will, in the judgment of the applicant, be convincing to 
the Board. It is also requested that applications and evidence be typewritten 
if possible. 



STATE OF OREGON 95 

Class 2 Applications will not be accepted unless accompanied with the $10 
fee prescribed by the Act. Any application unaccompanied with such fee or 
otherwise irregular will be returned to the applicant. 

Persons desiring to make application should request the secretary of the 
Board to furnish them the necessary blank fonns of application and references 
approved for the purpose. 

Class 2 Applications will be received by the Board of Engineering Exam- 
iners at any time, but attention is directed to the fact that "after January 1, 
1920, no person shall practice professional engineering luithout having been 
first duly and regularly registered by the Board as a professional engineer as 
required by this Act, etc." (See Section 2 of the Act.) 

Applicants are also reminded of the fact that there will undoubtedly be 
a great mass of business for the Board to handle prior to January 1, 1920, 
in the way of disposing of applications and holding examinations; also that 
the procedure is new and the time required uncertain, perticularly in connec- 
tion with communicating with references and obtaining information from a 
distance. For these reasons it is highly important that applications be handed 
in to the Board at the earliest possible date in order that examinations may be 
held and cei-tificates issued by January 1, 1920. The Board desires to make it 
clear that applicants can not expect favorable action, before January 1, 1920, 
can be had in the case of late applications. 

All engineers engaged in military or naval forces of the United States are 
entitled to make applications and qualify for license to practice engineering 
without examination, at any time within one year after their honorable dis- 
charge from the service. 

In case of loss of certificate, duplicate may be received from the secretary 
of the State Board of Engineering Examiners on paj^ment of a fee of $5. 

All checks covering license fees should be made payable to the secretary 
of the State Board of Engineering Examiners. 

STATE OF OREGON BOARD OF ENGINEERING EXAMINERS 
RULES AND REGULATIONS 

(Issue of August, 1919) 

RULE 1 

Applications for Registration. These may be made either for regis- 
tration without examination as provided in Sections 11 and 16 of the Laws 
of Oregon of 1919, Chapter 381 (referred to herein as the act), or for admit- 
tance to examination for registration as provided in Sections 8, 9 and 16 of 
the said act. Applicants for registration without examination are limited to 
those that can show to the satisfaction of the State Board of Engineering 
Examiners that they have practiced as professional engineers for at least six 
years prior to their application and are otherwise qualified as required by the 
said Sections 11 and 16 of the act, provided they are registered by the board, 
except discharged soldiers, not later than January 1, 1920. For convenience all 
applications for registration without examinations are referred to as Class 1 



96 ENGINEERS LICENSE LAWS 

applications. All applicants for registration, other than those entitled to 
registration without examination, are limited to those that can show to the satis- 
faction of the said board they are qualified to be admitted for examination, as 
provided in Sections 8, 9 and 16 of said act. All applications other than Class 1 
applications are referred to as Class 2 applications. 

' RULE 2 

Form of Applications. These shall always be made on printed forms 
issued by the board. No application made otherwise than on such forms will 
be accepted for filing by the board. In the event the printed forms issued by 
the board do not contain sufficient space for evidence to be submitted, the 
applicant may attach additional sheets to said form to any extent desired by 
applicant, but such attached sheets shall for convenience of filing be of the 
same size as the printed forms and shall be securely attached thereto. 

RULE 3 

• Class 1 Applications. Applicants will be required to furnish informa- 
tion on the following: Name, age, place of birth, citizenship, residence, place 
of business, nature of present business, military service record (if any), record 
of professional career during a period of at least six years as required by 
Section 11 of the act, and evidence of good character. In addition to submit- 
ting full information on the above, the applicant is invited to submit as com- 
plete a narrative account of his educational and professional and business 
career as he considers desirable to aid the board in determining that he is a 
qualified professional engineer. It should be made clear to all applicants that 
favorable action by the board in any case will be facilitated by the amplitude 
and comprehensiveness of the evidence submitted, and that the board does not 
desire applicants to limit their evidence to the six-year period mentioned in the 
act. All statements as to professional practice and experience should contain 
specific references to. important work or works with which the applicant has 
been connected, and the names of references, with addresses, should be given in 
such way that the board may if it desires communicate with the references to 
substantiate any statements made. Any professional papers, technical books, 
patents, reports or other documentary evidence of the applicant's qualification 
may be referred to in the application. Evidence as to character shall accom- 
pany the application, through at least two reputable persons or firms. All 
Class 1 applications shall be accompanied by the licensing fee of $15 as required 
by law. Any application not so accompanied shall be returned promptly to the 
applicant with notification of the cause of said return. No application will 
be accepted that has not been attested on oath before a notary public or other 
qualified official. 

RULE 4 

Class 2 Applications. Applicants will be required to furnish informa- 
tion on the following: Name, age, place of birth, citizenship, education, resi- 



STATE OF OREGON 97 

dence, place of business, nature of present business, militaiy service record (if 
any), record of professional career, with dates, giving specific references to 
important work or works with which the applicant has been connected, to- 
gether with references to such individuals or firms as will enable the board, if 
necessaiy, to substantiate the statements made. 

In connection with Class 2 applications, the training and experience of 
the applicant will be the basis on which the board will determine CO out of 
total of 100 points in the exammation. It is therefore important that the 
aj^plicant shall fully understand that his ultimate rating will largely depend 
on the satisfactory nature of the showing made by him as to education and 
experience, and that he exercises due care in preparing a careful and well 
supported record of these. The statement should be comprehensive, but con- 
cise. Prolixity and unnecessaiy verbiage and detail in descriptions are to be 
avoided. To a certain extent the manner in which an application is prepared 
and submitted will be taken into account by the board in determining the quali- 
fications of the applicant. References as to character will be required as in Class 
1 applications. All Class 2 apiDlications must be accompanied by the $10 licens- 
ing fee required by law and attested before a notaiy public or other qualified 
otficial. Applications not so accompanied will be returned. 

RULE 5 

Registration Class 1 Applications. If after examination of the evi- 
dence submitted, or such other evidence as the board may require or secure, 
the board is satisfied that the applicant possesses the qualification of a pro- 
fessional engineer required by the act in such case, the applicant shall be so 
notified, and the board shall forthwith cause applicant to be registered as a 
professional engineer and shall issue a certificate of registration duly executed 
as required by the act, provided that no certificate shall be issued by the board 
under Class 1, except in case of honorably discharged soldiers, later than 
Januaiy 1, 1920. 

RULE 6 

Examinations. Members of the Board will conduct examinations at 
meetings held for that purpose. At any such meeting the act requires a 
quorum of three, and the action taken at such meeting on applications, will be 
final and will constitute action by the board as a whole. 

The members of the board at special meetings held for purposes of exam- 
ination are required by the act to execute certificates stating the action taken 
on each application, such certificate to constitute a part of the files of the board. 
For convenience of reference such certificates will be termed "examiners^ cer- 
tificates." These will be prepared on printed forms and when filled out and 
executed by the members of the board, acting in the examinations, will be 
attached to the applications and other appurtenant papers in each case, and 
filed by the secretary of the board at the office of the board. Duplicate copies 
of the examiners' certificates shall also be filed at least each year in some place 
of safety, preferably in the state capitol at Salem. 
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98 ENGINEERS LICENSE LAWS 

In the case of Class 2 applications, if from the evidence submitted or 
such other evidence as the board may require or secure, the board is satisfied 
that an applicant is entitled under the act to be admitted for examination, the 
applicant shall be so notified by the board, and a time and place of the examina- 
tion shall be determined by the board. 

The nature of the examinations and the ratings that will be given are as 
follows : 

Maximum Points 

Education, training and experience 60 

Oral test 20 

Written test 20 



100 



The applicant must receive at least 70 points out of the possible 100, to 
be accepted as a registered professional engineer under the act. At least 25 
of these points must be obtained by the oral and written tests collectively. In 
written tests the applicant will be permitted to use such books of reference as 
he may desire. All applications for examinations must be in possession of the 
secretary of the board at least thirty days prior to the date set for examination. 

RULE 7 

References. Upon receipt of each application regiilarly made, the sec- 
retary shall prepare a digest of the information contained therein and at con- 
venient intervals shall mail same to each and every member of the board, who 
shall as promptly as jDossible acquaint the secretary with any information 
known to them reflecting upon the verity of the applicant's statements. Such 
information shall be attached to the application by the secretary for use by 
the board in considering the application. The secretaiy shall also by means of 
blanks specially prepared for this purpose use due diligence in mquiring con- 
cerning the truthfulness of the applicant's statements from the references 
given, or by such other means as the board may deem expedient. 

RULE 8 

Records. The secretary shall keep in duplicate a record in connection 
with applications* for registration. This record shall show the name, residence, 
and age of applicant, the date of his application, the date of his examination, 
and the fact whether he is admitted for registration or rejected. He shall also 
keep a duplicate of all registered professional engineers, together with their 
registration numbers. He shall also keep in duplicate an alphabetical index 
of registered engineers, together with their registration numbers, their date of 
registration, and their residence, as shown on the application blank. A special 
record of all engineers with their professional record shall be kept in each 
branch of engineering by the secretary. 



STATE OF OKEGON 99 

RULE 9 

Rejections. Iii the case of rejections of applications, for any reason, 
the applicant shall be so notified and at the same time invited to submit addi- 
tional evidence that he is entitled to have his case considered or to be readmitted 
to examination. A rejected applicant shall on request be fully informed as 
to the reason for the rejection of his ai->plication, and he may threafter file 
with the board any reason he desires to support a claim for reconsideration 
or re-examination. It will be the policy and intention of the board to give 
rejected applicants every reasonable opportuntiy to support claims for recon- 
sideration and to consider such evidence as may have been omitted or over- 
looked on the original application or examination. 

RULE 10 

Certificates of Registration. These shall bear on their face a nota- 
tion stating the particular branch or branches of engineering in which the 
applicant submitted evidence that he was qualified to practice, or in which he 
was examined by the board. Professional engineers registered under the act, 
and doing business with the public on their own account or as chief executives 
or consultants, shall keep their certificates of registration issued by the board 
posted conspicuously in their place of business, where the public can readily 
examine said certificate. Failure to so maintain the certificate, after notification 
by the board, will be construed by the board as prima fade evidence of the 
intent to deceive the public and under Section 12 of the act the certificate may 
be held subject to revocation. 

RULE 11 

Official Stamps. All maps, plans, diagrams, or other drawings and 
all specifications, reports, estimates or other documents prepared by a pro- 
fessional engineer for issuance to the public, and for which compensation 
is received by him, in whole or in part, shall bear on their face an official 
stamp containing the niame and registration number of the pi^Dfessional 
engineer or engineers responsible therefor. This stamp shall be of the f onn 
approved by the board. 

Failure on the part of any registered engineer to comply with this require- 
ment after due notification by the board will be construed by the board as 
prima facie evidence of intent to deceive the public and under Section 12 
of the Act his certificate may be held subject to revocation. 

RULE 12 

Registration Numbers. These will be issued by the Board consecutively 
in the order in which applicants make application to and qualify before 
the board. No discrimination or preferences will be pennitted in issuing 
registration numbers to individuals. The first ten numbers will be resers^ed 
for the use of the members of the board, and secretary. 



100 ENGINEERS LICENSE LAWS 

THE OEEGON LAW 

Effective May 25, 1921 

EXHIBIT NO. 1 

GENERAL LAWS OF OREGON FOR 1919, CHAPTER 381 

[Effective May 29, 1919] 

As amended by Laws of 1921, Chapter 112 
[Effective May 25, 1921] 

AN ACT 

TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF PROFESSIONAL ENGI- 
NEERS, CREATING A BOARD OF ENGINEERING EXAMINERS 
AND DEFINING THEIR DUTIES, FIXING THE FEES FOR REGIS- 
TRATION, CREATING THE ENGINEERS' REGISTRATION FUND 
AND FIXING THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OREGON: 
Section 1. Definitions as used i^ this Act: 

(1) The "Board" means the "State Board of Engineering Examiners" 
provided for by this Act. 

(2) A person practices professional engineering within the meaning of 
this Act who practices any branch of the profession of engineering other 
than military engineering. The practice of said profession embraces the 
design and the supervision of the construction of public and private utili- 
ties such as railroads, bridges, highways, roads, canals, harbors, river im- 
provements, lighthouse, wetdocks, drydocks, ships, • barges, dredges, cranes, 
floating docks and other floating property, the design and the supervision 
of the construction of steam engines, turbines, internal combustion engines 
and other mechanical structures, electrical machinery and apparatus, and 
of works for the development, transmission or application of power, the 
design and the supervision of mining operations and of processes and apparatus 
for carrying out such operations, and the design and the supervision of the 
construction of municipal works, irrigation works, water supply works, sewer- 
age works, drainage works, industrial Avorks, sanitary works, hydraulic works 
and structural works and other public or private utilities or works which 
require for their design or the supervision of their construction such expe- 
rience and technical knowledge as are required in Section 8 of this Act for 
admission to examination. The enumeration of any public or private utilities 
or works in this section shall not be construed as excluding any other public 
or private utilities, or works which require such experience and technical knowl- 
edge for their design or the supervision of their construction. The execution 
as a contractor of work designed by a professional engineer or the supervi- 
sion of the construction of such work as a foreman or superintendent for 
such a contractor shall not be deemed to be the practice of professional engi- 
neering within the meaning of this Act. 



STATE OF OREGON 101 

(3) "Professional Engineer" means any person who practices professional 
engineering. [*J8317, 0. L.] 

Sec. 2. Qualifications. 1. In order to safeguard life, health and 
property, any person practicing or offenng to practice professional engineer- 
ing in this state shall be required to be registered as hereinafter provided, 
and it shall be unlawful for any person to practice or to offer to practice 
professional engineering in this state unless such person has been duly regis- 
tered under the provision of this Act, nor shall any person practice profes- 
sional engineering whose authority to practice is revoked by the board. 

2. Nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring registration for the 
purpose of practicing professional engineering by any individual, finn or cor- 
poration, other than public utilities, on property owned or leased by said 
individual, firm or corporation, or in which said individual, finn or corpora- 
tion has an interest, estate or possessory right, or which affects exclusively the 
property- or interests of said individual, firm or corporation, unless the public 
safety or health is involved. 

3. Each registrant hereunder shall upon registration obtam a seal of 
the design authorized by the board, bearing the registrant's name, date of 
registration, number of certificate, and the legend ''Registered Professional 
Engineer." All professional documents, including maps, plans, designs, draw- 
ings, plats, specifications, estimates and reports issued by a registrant may 
be stamped with said seal during the life of registrant's certificate, but it 
shall be unlawful for any one to. stamp or seal any documents with said 
seal after the certificate of the registrant named thereon has expired or has 
been revoked, unless said certificate has been renewed. 

4. After Januaiy 1, 1920, eveiy map, plan and drawing required by 
law to be certified or approved by a professional engineer shall be certi- 
fied or approved by a professional engineer duly and regiilarly registered 
by the board as a professional engineer, as required by this Act, and shall 
bear the date and the number of the certificate of registration of such pro- 
fessional engineer; and after January 1, 1920, no diploma or certificate con- 
ferred on or granted to a person or other than a certificate issued under this 
Act by the board or its secretaiy shall be lawful authority for the practice 
of professional engineering. [§S31S, 0. L. : L. 1921, Chap. 112, Sec. 1.] 

Sec. 3. The State Board of Engineering Examiners. There shall be a 
state board of engineering examiners consisting of nine members, to be 
appointed by the govenior. Said board to consist of two civil engineers, 
two mechanical engineers, one electrical engineer, two hydraulic engineers 
and two mining engineei*s. Of the members of the board first appointed 
hereunder three shall hold office until July 1, 1921, three shall hold office 
until July 1, 1923, and three shall hold office until July 1, 1925; and the 
term of office of each member so appointed shall begin on July 1, 1919. 
Upon the expiration of each of such terms one term of office of each member 
thereafter appointed shall be six years from July first. The governor may 
remove any member of the board for misconduct, incapacit\^ or neglect 
of duty. Vacancies in the board caused by death, resignation or removal 
from office shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the unexpired 



102 ENGINEERS LICENSE LAWS 

term. Each member of the board shall be a professional engineer of at 
least ten years' active experience and of recognized good standing in his pro- 
fession, shall be at least thirty-five years of age and shall have been a resident 
of this state for at least one year immediately preceding his appointment. 
Each member of said board, except the members first appointed hereunder, shall 
also be a registered professional engineer. The members of the board shall 
serve without compensation, except traveling and other necessary expenses. 
[§8319, lO. L.; L. 1921, Chap. 112, Sec. 2.] 

Sec. 4. Certificate of Appointment — Oaths — Powers. Every member of 
the board shall receive a certificate of his appointment from the governor 
and before beginning his term of office shall file with the secretary of state 
the constitutional oath of office. Each member of the board first appointed 
hereunder shall receive a certificate of registration under this Act from said 
board. The board or any committee thereof shall be entitled to the counsel, 
advice and services of the attorney general, shall have power to compel the 
attendance of witnesses, and may take testimony and proofs concerning all 
matters within its jurisdiction. The board shall have an official seal to be 
furnished and provided by the secretary of state. The board may make all 
by-laws and rules not inconsistent with law needed in performing its duties; 
but no by-law or rule by which more than a majority vote is required for any 
special action by the board shall be amended, suspended or repealed by a 
smaller vote than that required for action thereunder. [§8320, 0. L.] 

See. 5. Officers — Meetings — Quorum. The board shall biennially elect 
from its members a president and a vice president for the ensuing biennial 
term. The board shall appoint a secretary, who shall not be a member of the 
board, but who shall possess the qualifications required by this act for members 
thereof. The secretary shall hold office during the pleasure of the board 
and shall receive an annual compensation of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200). 
He shall give a bond in such amount and with such sureties as may be approved 
by the boai'd conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties and for 
the accounting for, and payment over of, all moneys received by him. The 
secretary shall keep on file in the office of the board a record of all certificates 
of registration issued, and he shall receive and account for all fees derived from 
the operation of this act. He shall also perform such other duties as may from 
time to time be assigned to him by the board. 

The board shall hold at least six stated meetings in each year. Special 
meetings may be called in such manner as the by-laws of the board may 
provide. Notice of all meetings shall be given in such a manner as the 
by-laws of the board may provide. At any meeting of the board held sdle'y 
for the examination of candidates for registration three members shall con- 
stitute a quorum; but if three or more members shall not attend at the time 
and placed fixed for such meeting, the member or members present may 
adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum be present. At all 
other meetings a majority of the board shall constitute a quonim. [§8321, 
0. L.] 

See. 6. Additional Employes and Officers. The board shall have power 
to employ, during its pleasure, such clerks and other employes and to rent 



STATE OF OREGON 103 

such offices as may be necessary to the proper performance by it of its duties 
as in this act prescribed. [$8322, 0. L.] 

Sec. 7. Payment of Salaries and Expenses — Report. The fees derived 
from the operation of this act shall be paid into a special fund in the state 
treasury, to be known as the engineers' registration fund, which is hereby 
created. Warrants for the payment of salaries and expenses incurred shall 
be issued by the secretaiy of state and paid by the state treasurer out of the 
engineers' registration fund u})on j^i'^sentation of vouchers regularly drawn 
and approved by the president and the secretary of the board. On or before 
the first day of February in each year, beginning in the year 1921, the board 
shall submit to the legislature a written report of its proceedings for the pre- 
ceding year and shall file with the secretaiy of state a copy of said report 
together with a complete statement of the receipts and expenditures of the 
board for the preceding year, verified by the oath of the secretary, and a com- 
plete list of all persons registered to practice professional engineering under 
this act, with their addresses and the dates of their certificates of registra- 
tion. [§8323, 0. L.] 

Sec. 8. Admissions to Examinations. The board shall admit to exami- 
nation any candidate who pays a fee of ten dollars ($10) and submits evi- 
dence verified by oath and satisfactoiy to the board that he 

(1) Is more than twenty-one years of age; 

(2) Is of good moral character; and 

(3) Has been engaged upon engineering work for at least six (G) years 
and during that period has had charge of engineering work as principal or 
assistant, for at least one year; 

(4) Or, in lieu of the third requirement specified above, is a graduate 
from an engineering school of recognized good reputation and has been engaged 
upon engineering work for at least two years and during that period has had 
charge of engineering work, as principal or assistant, for at least one year. 
[$8324, 0. L.] 

See. 9. Examinations. Examinations for registration shall be held at 
stated or special meetings of the board at such times and at such places with- 
in this state in each year as the board shall determine. The scope of the 
examination and the methods of procedure shall be prescribed by the board. 
The examination may be either oral or written or j:>artly oral and partly writ- 
ten. As soon as practicable after the close of each examination the members 
of the board who shall have conducted such examination shall make and sign 
and file in the office of the board a certificate stating the action of the board 
upon the application of each candidate, whereupon the secretary of the board 
shall notify each candidate of the results of his examination. [$8325, 0. L.] 

Sec. 10. Certificates q^ Registration. 1. Upon receipt of an addi- 
tional fee of five dollars ($5) the board shall issue to any applicant who has 
been certified as having passed the examination conducted by the board a 
certificate of registration signed by the president and the secretaiy of the 
board under the seal of the board, Avhereupon such applicant shall be author- 
ized to practice professional engineering as defined by this act. 

2. The board shall from time to time examine the requirements for 



104 ENGINEERS LICENSE LAWS 

the registration of professional engineers in other states, territories and 
countries and shall record those in which, in the judgment of the board, 
standards not lower than those provided by this act are maintained. The 
secretaiy of the board, upon the presentation to him by any person of 
satisfactory evidence that such person holds a certificate of registration issued 
to such person by proper authority in any such state, territory or countiy 
so recorded, and upon receipt by him of a fee of fifteen dollars ($15), shall 
issue to such person a certificate of registration under this act signed by the 
secretaiy under the seal of the board, whereupon the person to whom such 
certificate is issued shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges conferred 
by a certificate issued after examination by the board. 

3. A new certificate of registration to replace any certificate lost, destroyed 
or mutilated, may be issued, subject to the rules and reg-ulations of the board. 
A charge of $1 shall be made for such reissue. 

4. All certificates of registration shall expire on the last day of Decem- 
ber following the date of their issue or renewal and shall become invalid 
on that date unless renewed. Renewal may be effected at any time prior 
to December thirty-first by the payment of a fee of three dollars ($3) to 
the secretary of the board. The failure on the part of any registrant to 
renew his certificate annually prior to December thirty-first of each year 
as required above shall not deprive such person of the right of renewal 
thereafter, but the fee to be paid for such renewal of certificate after 
December thirty-first shall be increased 10 per cent for each month or a 
fraction of a month that the payment for renewal is delayed; provided, 
however, that the normal fee of three dollars ($3) per annum shall be paid 
for each year or fraction thereof, after the renewal has been delayed over 
one year; and provided further, that in no case shall the accrued fees for the 
renewal exceed the sum of twenty dollars ($20). [§8326, 0. L. ; Laws 1921, 
Chap. 112, Sec. 3.] 

Sec. 11. Registration Without Examination. The board shall at any 
time on or before January 1, 1920, issue a certificate of registration 
signed by the president and the secretary of the board under the seal of 
the board, upon due application therefor and the payment of a fee of fif- 
teen dollars ($15), to any candidate who shall submit evidence, verified by 
oath and satisfactory to the board, that he is a good character and has 
practiced professional engineering for at least six years preceding the date 
of his application and during that period has had charge of engineering 
work as principal or assistant for at least two years. After January 1, 
1920, the board shall issue certificates of registration only as hereinbefore 
provided. [§8327, 0. L.] 

Sec. 12. Registry— Revocation and Reissue of Certificates of Registra- 
tion. All certificates of registration -issued by the board or its secretary 
shall be in such form as the by-laws of the board may prescribe. Before 
any certificate of registration is issued by the board or its secretaiy, it 
shall be numbered and recorded in a book kept for that purpose in the 
office of the board and the number of the certificate shall be noted on the 
certificate. Such record shall be open to public inspection and in all actions 



STATE OF OREGON 105 

or proceedings in any court such record or a transcript of any part tliereof 
certified by the secretaiy of the board under seal of the board to be a true 
copy shall be entitled to admission in evidence. 

The boai:^ shall have power at any time to incjuire into the identity of 
any person claiming to be a registered professional engineer and, after due 
service of a notice in writing, require him to prove to the satisfaction of 
the board that he is the person authorized to practice professional engineer- 
ing under the certificate of registration by virtue of which he claims the 
privilege of this act. When the board finds that a person claiming to be 
a professional engineer registered under this act is not in fact the person 
to whom the certificate of registration was issued, it shall reduce its findings 
to writing and file them in its office. Such findings shall be prima facie evi- 
dence that the person mentioned therein is falsely impersonating a professional 
engineer of a like or different name. 

The board may receive complaints or information relative to violation 
of this Act, and such complaints and information shall be treated as con- 
fidential by the board if the persons filing such complaint or information 
so request; provided, however, that all complaint's or information thus filed 
and treated as confidential shall be carefully investigated by the board. 

The board may revoke a certificate of registration of a professional engi- 
neer for fraud or deceit in his practice or in the securing of his certificate 
or for the conviction of crime. Proceedings for the revocation of a certi- 
ficate of registration shall be begun by filing with the board a w;:itten charge 
or charges against the accused. These charges may be preferred by any 
person or corporation or the board may on its own motion direct its secretary 
to prefer such charges. When charges are preferred against a professional 
engineer registered under the provisions of this act, the board shall designate 
not less than three of its number as a committee to hear and detennine said 
charges. A time and place for the hearing shall be fixed by said committee 
and a copy of the charges together with a notice of the time and place for 
the hearing shall be served upon the accused or his counsel at least ten days 
before the date fixed for said hearing. Where personal service or service 
upon counsel can not be effected and such fact is certified on oath by any per- 
son duly authorized to make legal service, the board shall cause to be pub- 
lished for at least seven times, the first publication to be at least thirty days 
prior to the hearing, in two newspapers published in the section of the state 
in which the accused was last known to practice, a notice to the effect that 
at a definite time and place a hearing will be had on the charges against the 
accused upon an application to revoke his certificate. At said hearing the 
accused shall have the right to cross examine witnesses against him and to 
produce witnesses in his defense and to appear personally or by counsel. 
The said committee shall make a written report of its findings and recommen- 
dations and shall forthwith submit the same to the board. If the board shall 
find that said professional engineer has been guilty of any fraud or deceit 
in his practice or has been guilty of any fraud or deceit by which he was 
admitted to practice or has been convicted of crime, it shall revoke his certi- 
ficate of registration. A two-thirds vote of all the members of the board shall 



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be necessaiy for this action. The action of the board shall be recorded in 
the same manner as certificates of registration are recorded and the name of 
the person whose certificate of registration is so revoked shall be stricken 
from the list of registered professional engineers and he shall be disqualified 
from practicing as a professional engineer. 

The board may reissue a certificate of registration to any person whose 
certificate has been revoked, but only after the expiration of one year from 
the date of such revocation, for reasons which the board shall by a two- 
thirds vote of all its members determine to be satisfactory. [§8328, 0. L. ; 
L. 1921, Chap. 112, Sec. 4.] 

Sec. 13. Action of the Board. The members of the board or of any 
committee thereof and the secretary of the board in granting, withholding, 
revoking or reissuing a certificate of registration shall be deemed to be act- 
ing as officers of the state and it shall be the duty of the attorney general 
to represent and appear for them or any of them in any action or proceed- 
ing brought against them or any of them because of any such act. [§8329, 
0. L.] 

Sec. 14. Certificate Presumptive Evidence. Every unrevoked certificate 
and indorsement of registry made as provided in this act shall be presumptive 
evidence in all courts and places that the person named therein is legally 
registered. [§8330, 0. L.] 

Sec. 15. Penalties. Any person who, not being legally authorized to 
practice professional engineering within this state according to the 'provi- 
sions of this act, and so registered according to law, shall practice, or attempt 
or advertise to practice, or hold himself out as authorized to practice pro- 
fessional engineering, or shall use in connection with his name or otherwise 
assume, use or advertise any title or designation tending to convey the impres- 
sion that he is a professional engineer, and any person who shall buy, sell 
or fraudulently obtain any certificate of registration or who shall aid or abet 
such buying, selling or fraudulently obtaining- or who shall practice, or 
attempt or advertise to practice or hold himself out as authorized to practice 
professional engineering under cover of any certificate obtained or issued 
fraudulently or unlawfully or under fraudulent representations or mistake 
of fact in a material regard, and any person who shall practice, or attempt 
or advertise to practice, or hold himself out as authorized to practice profes- 
sional engineering under a false or assumed name or who shall falsely 
impersonate any professional engineer or former professional engineer of a 
like or different name, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
shall be subject to a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $500, or imprison- 
ment in the county jail not to exceed six months. [§8331, 0. L.] 

Sec. 16. Application of Act. 1. This act shall not apply to any 
professional engineer working for the United States government; or to any 
registered architect i:>raeticing architecture; nor to any professional engineer 
employed as an assistant to a professional engineer I'egistered under this act. 

2. The service of professional engineers in the United States military 
service shall be considered as the practice of professional engineering in 
determining the experience of applicants, and such army engineers may be 



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registered ^vitllout examination as provided for in section eleven (11) [8327] 
hereof, within a period of one year from the date of their discharge. 

3. A corporation, firm or partnership may engage in the practice of 
professional engineering in this state, provided the person or persons con- 
nected with such corporation or i)artnership in charge of the designing or 
supervision which constitutes such practice is or are registered as herein 
required of professional engineers; provided, however, that all professional 
documents named in paragraph 3, section 2 [8318] of this act, issued by 
such corporation, firm or partnership, shall bear the seal of the registered 
professional engineer or engineers of said corporation, firm or partnership. 
The same exemptions shall apply to corporations, fii-ms and partnerships 
as apply to individuals under this act. 

4. It shall not be deemed unlawful nor in violation of this act for any 
professional engineer not a resident of and having no established place of 
business in this state to offer to practice in this state as a professional engi- 
neer; provided, however, that he possesses the legal qualifications to practice 
professional engineering in his own state and further possesses the qualifi- 
cations required in this act. 

5. Any professional engineer not a resident of or having no established 
place of business in this state, or residing in this state, but of recent arrival, 
and possessing the qualifications as required by this act, may practice pro- 
fessional engineering for a reasonable time, to be fixed by the board, but 
not to exceed four (4) months; provided, however, that such person shall 
have filed an application for registration as a professional engineer and shall 
have jiaid the fee provided for in section eight (8) [8324] of this act. 

6. Any professional engineer registered in any other state or foreign 
country shall be permitted to practice in this state not to exceed thirty (30) 
days per annum; provided, however, such professional engineer shall have 
first given notice in writing to the board of engineering examiners of his 
intention to practice in Oregon. [§8332, 0. L. ; L. 1021, Chap. 112, Sec. 5.] 

Sec. 17. Time of Taking Effect. This act shall take effect on the first 
day of July, nineteen hundred and nineteen (1919). 



STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA 

PENNSYLVANIA STATE BOARD FOR REGISTRATION OF PROFESSIONAL 
ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS 

State Capitol^ Harrisburg^ Pa. 

Chairman — Eichard L. Humphreys, 805 Harrison Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Henry S. Drinker, Lehigh University, So. Bethlehem, Pa. 

Wm. McClellan, R^al Estate Trust Building, Philadeljphia, Pa. 

A. B. Clemens, Scranton, Pa. 

Samuel D. Foster, 1704 Arrott Building, Pittsburgh), Pa. 

THE PENNSYLVANIA LAW 

Approved May 25, 1921 
No. 422 

AN ACT 

TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF THE PROFESSION OF ENGINEER- 
ING AND OF LAND SURVEYING; CREATING A STATE BOARD 
FOR THE REGISTRATION OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND 
LAND SURVEYORS; DEFINING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES; 
IMPOSING CERTAIN DUTIES UPON THE COMMONWEALTH AND 
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS THEREOF IN CONNECTION WITH 
PUBLIC WORK; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES. 
Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That in order to safe- TngS^and land 
g-uard life, health, and property, any person practicing or ^"'"^^i*^'^^- 
offering to practice the profession of engineering or of 
land surveying shall hereafter be required to submit evi- 
dence that he or she is qualified so to. practice, and shall Registration. 
be registered as hereinafter provided; and it" shall be un- 
lawful, after the first day of June, one thousand nine 
hundred twenty-two, for any person to practice or to offer 
to practice the profession of engineering or of land sur- 
veying in this Commonwealth, unless such person has been . 
duly registered as a "professional engineer," or as a "land 
surveyor," or exempted under the provisions of this act. 

Nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring a 
certificate of registration as a "professional engineei^' or 
as a "land suiTeyoi*" for practicing the profession of engi- 
neering or of land surveying by any person or firm or 
copartnership or corporations upon property owned or leased 
by such person, finn, copartnership, or corporation, unless 
the same involves the public safety or health. 

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Sec. 2. Definitions. The term ^'professional engineer," as used in this 
act, means a person who, through technical knowledge gained by education or 
experience in one or more branches of engineering, initiates, investigates, plans, 
and directs the control of the forces of, and the utilization of the materials 
of, nature and of human activities in connection therewith, for the benefit 
of man, and who represents himself or herself to be such a professional engi- 
neer, either througii the use of the term "professional egineer," with or with- 
out qualifying adjectives, or through the use of some other title implying 
that he or she is such a professional engineer. The term "land surveyor," 
as used in this act, means a person who makes surveys for the determina- 
tion of area or for the establishment or re-establishment of land boundaries 
and the subdivision and platting of land. The term "board," used in this 
act, shall mean the State Board of Registration of Professional Engineers 
and of Land Surveyors. 

Sec. 3. State Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land' 
Surveyors— Appointment of Members — Terms. A State Board for Regis- 
tration of Professional Engineers and of Land Surveyors is hereby created. 
Said board shall consist of five registered professional engineers, who shall 
be appointed by the Governor, These professional engineers, who shall be 
full corporate members in good standing in at least one of the following 
societies, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Min- 
ing and Metallurgical Engineers, The American Society of Mechanical Engi- 
neers, and. American Institute of Electrical Engineers, shall.be so selected that 
not more than two professional engineers of said board shall be members 
of the same society. The members of the first board shall be appointed, 
within ninety days after the passage of this act, to serve for the following 
terms: One member for one year, one member for two years, one member 
for three years, one member for four years, and one member for five years, 
from the date of their appointment, or until their successors are duly appointed 
and qualified. On the expiration of the term of any member, the Governor 
shall appoint a jDroperly qualified person for a term of five years to take the 
place of the member whose term on said board is about to expire. Each 
member shall hold office until the expiration of his term or until his successor 
is duly appointed and qualified. 

Sec. 4. Removal of Members of Board — Vacancies. The Governor may 
remove any member of the board for misconduct, incompetency, neglect of 
duty, or for any other sufficient cause. Vacancies in the membership of the 
board shall be filled by an appointment by the Governor for the unexpired 
term. 

Sec. 5. Qualifications of Members of Board. Each member of the 
board shall be a citizen of the L^nited States and a resident of this Common- 
wealth. He shall have been engaged in the practice of the profession of 
engineering for at least ten years, and shall have been in responsible charge 
of engineering work for at least five years. 

Sec. G. Compensation and Expense of Members of Board. Each member 
of the board shall receive the sum of fifteen ($!")) dolhirs for each day he 
attends the sessions of the board or any of its committees and for the time 



STATR OF PENNSYLVANIA 111 

spent ill necessary travel; and, in addition thereto, shall be reimbursed for 
all actual traveling, incidental, and clerical expenses necessarily incun-ed in 
carrying out the provisions of this act. 

Sec. 7. Registration of First Board — Certificate of Appointment — Oaths 
of Members — Legal Advisor. Each member of the first board shall receive, 
at the time of his appointment, a certificate of registration as a "professional 
engineer" from the Governor of this Commonwealth. Each member of the 
board when appointed shall receive a certificate of appointment from the 
Governor, and, before entering upon his duties, shall take and subscribe to 
the oath required, which shall be filed with the Secretary of this Common- 
wealth. The Attorney General of this Commonwealth shall be the legal 
advisor to the board. 

Sec. 8. Power to Subpoena Witness— Oaths. In carrying into effect 
the provisions of this act, the board may, under the hand of its chairman and 
the seal of the board, subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance, and 
may also require the production of books, papers, documents, et cetera. Any 
member of the board may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses appear- 
ing before the board. If any person shall refuse to obey any subpoena so 
issued, or shall refuse to testify or produce any books, papers, or documents, 
the board may present its petition to the court of common pleas of the county 
in which it may be in session, setting forth the facts, and thereupon such 
court of common pleas shall issue its subpoena to such person, requiring his 
or her attendance before such court and there to testify or to produce such 
books, papers, and documents, as may be deemed necessaiy and pertinent 
by the board. Any person who shall refuse to obey any subpoena of the 
court of common pleas shall be held for contempt. 

Sec. 9. Seal of Board — By-Laws and Rules. The board shall adopt 
and have an ofllcial seal, which shall be affixed to all official documents and 
papers. The board shall have power to make all by-laws and rules, not 
inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this Commonwealth, wdiich it 
deems necessaiy to carry into effect the provisions of this act. 

Sec. 10. Office of Board— Supplies — Printing. The Board of Commis- 
sioners of Public Grounds and Buildings shall furnish the board with suitable 
quarters in the city of Harrisburg, and shall also furnish to said board, upon 
requisition, all furniture, books, papers, supplies, et cetera, which may be 
necessai-y for the transaction of its business. All printing required by the 
board shall be furnished by the State Printer, upon requisitions of the chair- 
man of the board upon the Superintendent of Public Printing and Binding. 

Sec. 11. Organization of Board — Meetings — Officers — Quorum. The 
board first appointed shall hold a meetuig within thirty days after its appoint- 
ment, and shall organize by the election of one of its members as chairman 
and one as vice-chairman. Thereafter the board shall hold at least two meet- 
ings each year and such special meetings as may be provided for in its by- 
laws or as a majority of the members desire. The board shall annually elect 
from its members the officers above enumerated. The board shall appoint a 
secretary, who shall hold office during its pleasure. A quorum of the board 
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Sec. 12. Engineers' Fund in State Treasury Established— Appropria- 
tion — Payments Therefrom — Bond of Secretary— Clerks and Assistants. The 

secretaiy of the board shall receive and account for all moneys derived under 
the provisions of this act, and shall pay the same monthly to the State 
Treasurer, who shall keep such moneys in a separate fund, to be known as 
the "Engineers' Fund." Such fund shall be kept separate and apart from 
all other moneys in the treasury, and shall be paid out only by warrant of 
the Auditor General upon the State Treasurer, upon itemized vouchers approved 
by the chairman and attested by the secretary of the board. All moneys in 
the "Engineers' Fund" from time to time are hereby specifically appropriated 
for the use of the board. The secretary of the board shall give a surety bond 
to this Commonwealth in such sum as the board may determine. The premium 
on said bond shall be regarded as a proper and necessary expense of the board,- 
and shall be paid out of the "Engineers' Fund." The secretary of the board 
shall receive such salaiy as the board shall determine. The board may employ 
such clerical or other assistants as are necessary for the proper performance 
of its work. 

Sec. 13. Register of Application for Registration — Contents. The 
board shall keep a record of its proceedings, and a register of all applications 
for registration, which register shall show: (a) The name, age, and residence 
of each applicant; (b) the date of the application; (c) the place of busi- 
ness of such applicant; (d) his educational and other qualifications; (e) 
whether or not an examination was required; (f) whether the applicant was 
rejected; (g) whether a certificate of registration was granted; (h) the day of 
the action of the board; and (i) such other mformation as may be deemed 
necessaiy by the board. 

Sec. 14. Records of Board to be Evidence. All books and records of 
the board shall be prima facie evidence of all matters recorded therein, and 
a certified copy thereof, under the hand of the chairman and the seal of the 
board and attested by the secretary, shall be received in evidence in all courts 
and elsewhere. 

Sec 15. Roster of Registered Professional Engineers and of Land 
Surveyors. A roster showing the names, places of business, and the residences 
■of all registered professional engineers and of all land surveyors shall be 
prepared by the secretaiy of the board during the month of June of each year. 
Copies of this roster shall be obtainable by each person so registered, upon 
application to the secretary of the board. A copy of this roster shall be placed 
on file by the clerk of each county, city, borough, town, township, school 
district, and i)oor district in this Commonwealth. 

Sec. 16. Annual Report. Annually the board shall submit to the Gov- 
ernor a report of its ti-ansactions of the preceding year, and shall also transmit 
to hiin a complete statement of the receipts and expenditures of the board, 
attested by atlidavits of its chairniaji and of its secretaiy. 

Sec. 17. Certificates of Registration— Qualifications of Applicant. The 
board, upcu aj.plication on the form prescribed by it, and upon the payment 
of a fee of twenty dolhus, except where the applicant applies for a certificate 



STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA 113 

to practice both as a professional engineer and as a land surveyor, when the 
fee shall be thirty dollars, and except as hereinafter provided, shall issue a 
certificate of registration to act as a professional engineer or as a land surveyor, 
or as both, to the following person, to wit: 

(a) Any person who submits evidence, satisfactory to the board, that 
he or she is fully qualified to practice the profession of enginering or land 
surveying, 

(b) Any person who holds an unexpired certificate of registration issued 
to him or her by any proper authority in the District of Columbia, or in any 
State or Territory of the United States, or in any province of the Dominion 
of Canada, in which the requirements for the registration of professional 
engineers or of land surveyors are not lower than those provided in this act. 
No person, except as provided in section eighteen, shall be eligible for regis- 
tration as a professional engineer or as a land surveyor who is not a citizen 
of the United States or of the Dominion of Canada, or at least twenty-five 
years of age, or who does not speak, read or write the English language, or 
is not of good character or repute, or has not been actively engaged for six 
jTars or more in the practice of the profession of engineering or land surveying 
of a character satisfactory to the board : Provided, however, That each year 
of teaching or of the study of engineering in a school or college satisfactory 
to the board shall be considered as equivalent to one half year of active prac- 
tice, but the total number of years of study and teaching which may be 
credited to such six years of active practice shall not exceed four years. 

Sec. 18. Citizens of Foreign Countries. A citizen of a foreign country 
who seeks to practice the profession of engineering within this Commonwealth 
andjvvho has practiced engineering for a period of more than ten years, upon 
presentation of satisfactory evidence that he is so qualified to practice, may, 
at the discretion of the board, be granted a certificate as a professional engineer. 

Sec. 19. Persons Prima Facie Entitled to Registration. Unless dis- 
qualifying evidence be given before the board, the following facts, established 
in the application, shall be regarded as prima facie evidence, satisfactory to 
the board, that the applicant is fully qualified to practice, to wit: 

(1) As a professional engineer — 

(a) Ten or more years of active practice of the profession of engineering. 

(b) Graduation from a school or college approved by the board as of 
satisfactoiy standing and having a course in engineering of not less than four 
years, and an additional four years of active engagement in engineering w^ork; 
or 

(2) As a land sun^eyor— 

(a) Not less than six years of active practice in land surveying work of 
a character satisfactory to the board. 

Sec. 20. Furnishing of Additional Evidence by Applicants fpr Regis- 
tration—Examinations. Applicants for registration, in cases where the evi- 
dence presented in the applications does not appear to the board conclusive or 
warranting the issuing of a certificate of registration, may present, for the 
consideration of the board, further evidence, which may also include the results 
of a required examination. 



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Sec. 21. Majority of Board to Pass Upon Applications— Return of 
Registration Fee. A satisfactory character shall be an essential and a 
majority vote of the members of the board shall be required to pass upon 
the qualifications of an applicant for registration as a professional engineer 
or as a land surveyor. Should the board deny the issuance of a certificate of 
registration to any applicant the registration fee deposited shall be returned 
to the applicant. The board, after examination or receiving other evidence of 
qualification as provided in this act, shall issue a certificate therefor, stating 
that the said applicant is qualified to practice as a professional engineer or as 
a land surveyor or both. The said board shall impress upon each certificate 
of registration issued under this act the seal of the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania. 

Sec. 22. Practice of Firms, Copartnerships, and Corporations. A firm 
or a copartnership or a corporation may only engage in the practice of the 
profession of engineering or land surveying in this Commonwealth in the 
name of the person or persons, connected with such firm or copartnership or 
corporation, who is or are in responsible charge of the design or of the execu- 
tion of the work which costitutes such practice, each of whom is registered as 
a professional engineer or as a land surveyor. 

Sec. 23. Renewal of Certificates. Certificates of registration shall expire 
on the last day of December following their issuance of renewal, and shall 
become invalid on that date, unless renewed. It shall be the duty of the 
secretary of the board, on or before the last day of November, to notify by 
mail every person registered hereunder of the date of the expiration of his 
certificate and the amount of fee required for its renewal for one year. Renewal 
may be effected at any time during the month of December by the payment 
of a fee of one dollar to the secretary of the board. The failure on the part 
of any registrant to renew his or her certificate annuallj^ in the month of 
December, as required above, shall not deprive such person of the right to 
renewal thereafter, but the fee to be paid for the renewal of a certificate after 
the month of December shall be increased ten per centum for each month, or 
fraction of a month, that the payment or renewal is delayed: Provided, how- 
ever. That the maximum fee for a delayed renewal shall not exceed the sum of 
two dollars. 

Sec. 24. Persons Exempted from Registration. The following persons 
shall be exempted from registration under the provisions of this act, to wit: 

(a) A person not a resident of and having no established place of business 
In this Commonwealth, offering to practice therein as a professional engineer 
or as a land surveyor. 

(b) A person not a resident of and having no established place of business 
in this Commonwealth, practicing as a professional engineer or as a land sur- 
veyor therein, when such practice does not exceed in the aggregate more than 
thirty days in any calendar year: Provided, Such person is legally qualified 
as a professional engineer or as a land surveyor in his or her own State or 
country. 

(c) A person not a resident of and having no established place of business 
in this Commonwealth or who has recently become a resident thereof, prac- 



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ticiug therein for more tiian thirty days as a professional engineer or as a land 
surveyor: Provided, however, That he shall have tiled with the board an applir 
cation for registration as a professional engineer or as a land surveyor, and 
shall have paid the fee required by this act. Such exemption shall continue 
only for such time as the board requires for the consideration of the applica- 
tion for registration : And further provided, Such person is legallj^ (jualified 
as a professional engineer or as a land surveyor in his or her own State or 
country. 

(d) An employe of a registered engineer or of a registered land surveyor 
who is engaged in the practice of the profession of engineering or in land 
surveying, and an employee of a professional engineer or a land surveyor 
exempted from registration by classes (b) and (c) of this section: Provided, 
Such practice does not include responsible charge of design or supervision. 

(e) Officers and employees of the Government of the United States engaged 
in the practice of the profession of engineering or in land surveying. 

(f) Officers and employees of this Commonwealth, or of any political 
subdivision thereof, at the time this act becomes effective and thereafter until 
the expiration of the existing term of office or service of such officer or 
employee, engaged in the practice of the profession of engineering or in land 
surveying. 

(g) Officers and employees of a corporation engaged in interstate com- 
merce, as defined in the act of Congress, entitled "An act to regulate com- 
merce," approved February fourth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty- 
seven, as amended. 

T3ie exemptions provided for in this section shall apply to firms, copart- 
nerships, and corpoi-ations lawfully practicing the profession of engineering or 
practicing land surveying, as well as to individuals. 

Sec. 25. Revocation of Registration — Procedure. The board shall have 
the power to revoke the certificate of registration of any professional engineer 
or of any land surveyor who is found guilty of: . 

(a) The practice of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate of regis- 
tration ; or 

(b) Any gross negligence, incompetency, or" misconduct in the practice as 
a professional engineer or a land surveyor. 

Any person may prefer charges of fraud, deceit, negligence, incompetency, 
or misconduct against any registered professional engineer or any registered 
land surveyor. Such charges shall be in writing, and shall be sworn to by the 
person making the same, and shall be filed with the secretaiy of the board. 

All charges, unless dismissed by the board as unfounded or trivial, shall 
be heard and disposed of by the board in three months after the date on which 
they were preferred. 

The time and place for said hearing shall be fixed by the board, and a 
copy of the charges, together with a notice of the time and place of hearing, 
shall be personally served on or mailed to the last known address of such 
registered professional engineer or such registered land surveyor, at least thirty 
days before the date fixed for the hearing. 



116 ENGINEERS LICENSE LAWS 

At any hearing, the accused registered professional engineer or the accused 
registered land surveyor shall have the right to appear personally and by 
counsel, to cross-examine witnesses appearing against him or her, and to pro- 
duce evidence and witnesses in his or her defense. 

If after such hearing, three or more members of the board vote in favor 
of finding the accused guilty of (a) the practice of fraud or deceit in obtaining 
a certificate of registration, or (b) any gross negligence, incompetency, or mis- 
conduct in the practice as a professional engineer or as a land surveyor— the 
board shall revoke the certificate of registration of such registered professional 
engineer or such registered land surveyor. 

The board, for reasons it may deem sufficient, may reissue a certificate of 
registration to any person whose certificate has been revoked, providing three 
or more members of the board vote in favor of such reissuance. A new cer- 
tificate of registration, to replace any certificate revoked, lost, destroyed, or 
mutilated, may be issued, subject to the rales and regulajtions of the board. 
A charge of ten dollars shall be made for such issuance. 

Sec. 26. Appeals to Court when Registration Revoked. Any person who 
shall feel aggrieved by any action of the board in revoking a certificate of 
registration may appeal therefrom to the court of common pleas of Dauphin 
County, and, after full hearing, said court shall make such decree sustaining 
the action of the board or reinstating the certificate of registration of such 
professional engineer or land surveyor, as to it may seem just and proper. 
The action of the court of common pleas shall be final. 

Sec. 27. Seal of Registered Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. 
The issuance of a certificate of registration by the board shall be evidence that 
the person named therein is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a 
registered professional engineer or registered land surveyor while the said 
certificate remains unrevoked or unexpired. 

Each registrant hereunder shall^ upon registration, obtain a seal of the 
design authorized by the board, bearing the registrant's name and the legend 
"Registered Professional Engineer" or "Registered Land Surveyor." 

Plans, specifications, plates, and reports, issued by a registrant, may be 
stamped with the seal during the life of the registrant's certificate, but it shall 
be unlawful for any person to stamp or seal any documents if the certificate 
of the registrant named therein has expired or has been revoked, unless such 
certificate has been renewed or reissued. 

Sec. 28. Registered Professional Engineers May Practice as Land Sur- 
veyors. Nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting a registered 
professional engineer from making land surveys essential to engineering proj- 
ect. Nothing in this act shall be construed as permitting a person registered 
only as a land surveyor to practice engineering. Nothing in this act shall be 
construed to exclude from the practice of professional engineering any person 
who is qualified under the law to use the title "Registered Architect," provided 
that when engaged in such practice he uses the title "Registered Architect," or 
to exclude from the practice of architecture any person qualified under the 
law to use the title of "Registered Professional Engineer," provided that when 
engaged in such practice he uses the title "Registered Professional Engineer." 



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Sec. 29. Commonwealth and Political Subdivisions to Employ Registered 
Professional Engineers on Public Work. After the first day of June, one 
thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, it shall be unlawful for this Com- 
monwealth or for any county, city, borough, tovm, township, school district or 
poor district to engage in the construction of any public work involving engi- 
neering, unless the plans and specifications and estimates have been approved 
by, and the construction supervised by, a registered professional engineer: 
Provided, That nothing in this section shall be held to apply to any public 
work wherein the contemplated expenditure for the completed project does not 
exceed two thousand ($2,000) dollars. 

Sec. 30. Penalties. Any person who shall, after the first day of June, 
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, practice the profession of engi- 
neering or land surveying in this Commonwealth without being registered or 
exempted in accordance with the provisions of this act, or any person present- 
ing or attempting to use as his or her own the certificate of registration of 
another, or any person who shall give any false or forged evidence of any kind 
to the board or to any member thereof in obtaining a certificate of registration, 
or any person who shall falsely impersonate any other registrant of like or 
different name, or any person who shall use or attempt to use an expired or 
revoked certificate of registration, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, 
upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than one hundred ($100) 
dollars nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars, or suffer imprisonment for 
a period not exceeding three months, or both. 

Sec. 31. Repeal. All acts and parts of acts of Assembly inconsistent 
with this act are hereby repealed. 

Approved- The 25th day of May, A. D. 1921. . 

WM. C. SPROUL. 



STATE OF TENNESSEE 

TENNESSEE STATE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING 

EXAMINERS 

Secretary— Henry C. Hibbs, 4th & 1st Bank Building, Nashville, Tenn. 

A. L. Dabney, Memphis, Tenn. 

r*ROP. C. S. Brown, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. 

Prof. N. W. Dougherty, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn. 

B. S. Cairns, Memphis,Tenn. 

W. G. Sears, Chattanooga, Tenn. 

THE TENNESSEE LAW 

Approved April 9, 1921 
(Text of Bill as Passed) 

CHAPTER NO. 167 

Public Acts of Tennessee, Nineteen Twenty-one 

Senate Bill No. 390 

(By Mr. McGugin) 

A BILL 

TO BE ENTITLED ^'AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION AND 
ESTABLISHMENT FOR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE OF A 
STATE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING EXAM- 
INERS; THE APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATION OF THE 
MEIMBERS AND THE ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION 
THEREOF; FOR THE PURPOSE OF SAFEGUARDING LIFE, 
HEALTH AND PROPERTY, OF PROMOTING WELFARE THROUGH 
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF APPLIED ART TO STRUC- 
TURAL WORK; PRESCRIPTION OF THE DUTIES OF AND THE 
GRANT OF POWERS TO SAID BOARD TO REGULATE THE PRAC- 
TICE OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING IN THE STATE 
OF TENNESSEE; TO FIX THE STANDARDS FOR QUALIFICA- 
TION FOR THE PRACTICE THEREOF; TO REGULATE THE 
PRACTICE THEREOF WITHIN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE; TO 
AUTHORIZE THE COLLECTION AND EXPENDITURE OF FEES 
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT, AND TO MAKE ALL SUCH 
LEGAL RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY AND PROPER 
TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT; AND PROVID- 
ING PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS ACT." 
Section I. Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of 
Tennessee, That in order to safeguard life, health and property, and to pro- 
mote public welfare through educational development of applied Art to struc- 

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tural work, any person practicing architecture or engineering in this State shall 
be required to submit evidence that he or she is qualified to practice and shall 
be registered as hereinafter provided, and from one year after the date of the 
passage of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to practice or offer to 
practice architecture or engineering in this State unless such person has been 
duly registered under the provisions of this Act, except as hereinafter provided. 

Sec. 2. Be It Further Enacted, That nothing in this Act shaU be 
construed as required registering for the purpose of practicing architecture 
or engineering by an individual, firm or corporation, unless the same involves 
the public safety or health, provided he does not use the appellation "Archi- 
tect" or "Engineer." 

Sec. 3. Be It Further Enacted, That to carry out the provisions of 
this Act, there is hereby created a State Board of Examiners for Architects 
and Engineers, hereinafter called the "Board." This Board of Examiners shall 
consist of six members, three to be engineers and three to be architects, to be 
^appointed by the Governor of this State at the same time and under the 
conditions described as follows: 

Shortly after the passage of this Act, the Governor shall appoint on the 
said Board one architect and one engineer from one of the three grand divi- 
sions of the State, designating one of these appointees to ser^^e for a period of 
two years and one to serve for a period of six years; likewise he shall appoint 
two persons, one an engineer and one an architect, from another of the three 
grand divisions of the State, designating one of those persons to serve for a 
period of two years and designating one to serve for a period of four years. 
He shall likewise appoint from the third of the three grand divisions of the 
State, two persons, one an engineer and the other an architect, one to serve 
for a period of four years and one to serve for a period of six years, all of 
the said appointments shall be made on or before May 15, in the year of the 
passage of this Act. Shortly before the expiration of the term of each mem- 
ber, his successor shall be appointed as set forth hereinbefore for the first 
Board, and the successor to any member shall be an architect or an engineer 
according as his predecessor Avas an architect or an engineer, and he shall be 
from the same gTand division as predecessor. The term of office of all members 
shall begin on July 1st, following their appointment, except those appointed to 
fill vacancies, but each member shall hold office until his successor is appointed- 
and qualified. Each appointment after the first shall be for a period of six 
years. 

Sec. 4. Be It Further Enacted, That the six members of the Board 
shall each have had at least ten years experience in the practice of architecture 
or ten years in the practice of engineering, and shall have been in responsible 
charge of work for at least five years. Each member of the Board shall be a 
citizen of the United States and shall have been a resident of Tennessee for 
five years at the time of his appointment and shall be at least thirty-five years 
of age. The Governor may remove any member of the Board for misconduct, 
incapacity or neglect of duty. Vacancies in the Board caused by death, 
resigiiation or removal from shall be filled by the Board for the unexpired tenn, 
and such appointee shall fulfill the requirements of the above provision. 



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l^ec. 5. Be It Further Enacted, That each membon of the Board shall 
receive a certificate of appointment from the Governor, and before beginning 
his term of office lie shall file with the Secretary of State the constitutional 
oath of office. Each member of the Board first created shall receive a certificate 
of registration under this Act from the Governor of the State. The Board or 
any Committee thereof shall be entitled to the services of an Attorney-General, 
in connection with the affairs of the Board, and the Board shall have power 
to compel the attendance of witnesses, may administer oaths and may take 
testimony concerning all matters within its jurisdiction. The Board shall adopt 
and have an oflficial seal which shall be affixed to all certificates of registration 
granted; and shall make all by-laws and rules not inconsistent with law in 
performing its duty. 

Sec. 6. Be It Further Enacted, That the Board shall hold a meeting 
within sixty days after its members are first appointed, and thereafter shall 
hold at least two regular meetings each year. Special meetings shall be held 
at such times as the by-laws of the Board may provide. Notice of all meetings 
shall be given in such manner as the by-law^s of the Board may provide. The 
Board shall elect annually from its members a Chairman and a Secretary. A 
quorum of the Board shall consist of not less than four members, of whom 
two shall be Architects and two shall be Engineers. 

Sec. 7. Be It Further Enacted, That the Secretary of the Board shall 
receive and account for all moneys derived from the operation of this Act and 
shall pay them to the State Treasurer, who shall keep such moneys in a 
separate fund to be known as the "Fund of the Board of Examiners for 
Architects and Engineers," which fund shall be continued from year to year 
and shall be drawn against only for the purpose of this Act as herein provided. 

Each member of the Board shall receive no compensation, but shall be 
reimbursed for all necessary traveling, incidental and clerical expenses incurred 
in carrying out the provisions of this Act. All expenses certified by the Board 
as properly and necessarily incurred in the discharge of its duties, including 
authorized compensation, shall be paid out of said fund on the warrant of the 
Auditor of the State issued on requisitions signed by the Chairman and Sec- 
retary of the Board; provided, however, that at no time after this Act shall 
have been in effect one year shall the total of w^arrants issued exceed the total 
amount of funds accumulated under this Act. The Secretary of the Board 
shall give a surety bond satisfactory to the State Tl-easurer conditioned upon 
the faithful performance of his duties. The premium on said bond shall be 
regarded as a proper and necessaiy expense of the Board. 

Sec. 8. Be It Further Enacted, That the Board shall keep a record 
of its proceedings and register of all applicants for registration showing for 
each, the date of application, name, age, educational and other qualifications, 
place of business and place of residence, whether or not an examination was 
required and whether the applicant was rejected, or a certificate of registration 
gi'anted, and the date of such action. . The books and register of the Board 
shall be prima facie evidence of all matters recorded therein. A roster show- 
ing the names and places of business and of residence of all registered archi- 
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month of January each year; such roster shall be printed out of the funds of 
the Board as provided in Section 7. On or before the 31st, day of January of 
each year the Board shall submit to the Governor a report of its transactions 
for the preceding" year, together with a complete statement of the receipts and 
expenditures of the Board, certified by the Chairman and the Secretary, and 
a copy of the said roster of registered architects and registered engineers. A 
copy of this report shall be filed with the Secretary of State. 

Sec. 9. Be It Further Enacted, That the Board shall, upon application 
therefor, on prescribed form, and the payment of a fee of Twenty-five Dollars 
($25.00) issue a certificate of registration as an 'architect or as an engineer. 

(a) To any person who submits evidence satisfactory to the Board that 
he is fully qualified to practice architecture or engineering, or 

(b) To any person who holds a like unexpired certificate of registration 
issued to him by proper authority in the District of Columbia or in any State 
or territory in the United States, or in any province of Canada, in which the 
requirements for the registration of architects or engineers are of a standard 
satisfactoiy to the Board. 

(c) To any person at any time within one year after this Act becomes 
effective, who shall submit under oath evidence satisfactoiy to the Board that 
he is of good character, has been a resident of the State of Tennessee for at 
least one year immediately preceding the date of application, and has practiced 
architecture or engineering for at least two years preceding the date of his 
application, and during that period has had resj^onsible charge of architectural 
or engineering work, A certificate shall be granted to any resident of Tennessee 
at the time of the passage of this Act who has practiced as a principal in the 
State of Tennessee previous to the passage of this Act. After this Act shall 
have been in effect one year, the Board shall issue a certificate of registration 
as provided in Section 9 only. Provided, however, that no person shall be 
eligible for registration, except as provided in the paragraph next above, who 
is not a citizen of the United States or Canada, or who has not made a 
declaration of his intention to become a citizen of the United States who does 
not speak and write the English language, who is not of good character and 
repute, and who has not been actively engaged for four or more years in 
architectural or engineering work of a character satisfactoiy to the Board. 
However, each year of teaching or of study satisfactorily completed of archi- 
tecture or engineering in a school of architecture or engineering of standing 
satisfactory to the Board shall be equivalent to one year of such active engage- 
ment. 

Unless disqualifying evidence be before the Board, the following facts 
established in the application shall be regarded as prima facie evidence satis- 
factory to the Board, that the applicant is fully qualified to practice architec- 
ture, or engineering. 

(d) Ten or more years in active engagement in architecture oi- engineering, 

(e) Graduati(m, after a course of not less than four years in architecture 
or engineering, fioiii a school or college approved by the Board as of satis- 
factoiy standing, and an additional foui" years of active engagement in archi- 
tectural or engineering work. 



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(f) Corporate niembership in the Amerieaii Institute of Architects, Amer- 
ican Institute of Chcniical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, 
American Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Society of Mechanical 
Engineers, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Society 
of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, or such other National or State 
Architectural or Engineei'ing Societies as may be approved bj^ the Board, 
the requirements for full membership in which are not lower than the require- 
ments for full membership in the professional societies or institutes named 
above. Applicants for registration in cases where the evidence originally pre- 
sented in the a]>plication does not appear to the Board conclusive or warrant- 
ing the issuance of a certificate, may present further evidence which may include 
the results of a required examination, for the consideration of the Board. 

In determining the qualifications of applicants for registration as archi- 
tects, a majority vot.e of the architect members of the Board only shall be re- 
quired ; in determinhig the qualifications of applicants for registration as engi- 
neers, a majority vote of the engineer members of the Board only shall be 
required. Applicants for registration as architects shall be examined by archi- 
tect members of the Board only and ajiplicauts for registration as engineers 
shall be examined by the members of the Board only. In case the Board 
denies the issuance of a certificate to an applicant, one-half of the registration 
fee deposited shall be returned by the Board to the applicant. 

Certificates of registration shall expire on the last day of the month of 
December following their issuance or renewal and shall be invalid on that date 
unless renewed. 

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Board to notify by mail every 
person registered hereunder of the date of the expiration of his certificate and 
the amount of the fee required for his renewal for one year. Such notice shall 
be mailed at least one month in advance of the date of the expiration of said 
certificates. Renewal may be effected at any time during the month of Decem- 
ber by the payment of a fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) to the Secretary of the 
Board. The failure on the part of any registrant to renew his certificate annu- 
ally in the month of December as required above shall not deprive such person 
of the right of renewal thereafter, but the fee to be paid for the renewal of a 
certificate after the month of December shall be increased ten per cent (10%) 
for each month or a fraction of a month that payment for renewal is delayed; 
l)rovided, however, that the maximum fee for a delayed renewal shall not 
exceed twice the normal fee. 

It shall be the duty of the Board to inquire into the identity of any person 
or persons claiming to be an architect or engineer, and to prosecute any person 
or persons violating the provisions of this Act. 

Sec. 10. Be It Further Enacted, That the Board shall have the power 
to revoke the certicate of registration of any architect or engineer registered 
hereunder who is found guilty of nuy fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate 
of registration, or of gi'oss negligence, incomi)etency or misconduct in the prac- 
tice of architecture or engineering. Any person may prefer charges of such 
fraud, deceit, negligence, incompetency or misconduct against any architect or 
engineer registered hereunder; such charge shall be in writing and s-'worn to by 



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the complainant and submitted to the Board. Such charges, unless dismissed 
without hearing by the Board as unfounded or trivial, shall be heard and deter- 
mined by the Board within three months after the date on which they are 
preferred. A time and place for such hearing shall be fixed by the Board. 
A copy of the charges, together with a notice of the time and place of hearing, 
shall be legally served on the accused at least thirty days before the date fixed 
for the hearing, and in the event that such service cannot be effected thirty- 
days before such hearing then the date of hearing and the date of determining 
shall be postponed as may be necessaiy to permit the carrying out of this 
condition. At said hearing the accused shall have the right to appear person- 
ally, and by counsel and to cross-examine witnesses against him, and to produce 
evidence and witnesses in his defense. If after said hearing four or more 
members of the Board vote in favor of finding the accused guilty of any fraud 
or deceit in obtaining a certificate, or of gross negligence, incompetency or mis- 
conduct in the practice of architecture or engineering, the Board shall revoke 
the certificate of registration of accused. 

The Board may reissue a certificate of registration to any person whose 
certificate has been revoked, provided four or more members of the Board vote 
in favor of such reissuance for reasons the Board may deem sufficient. 

The Board shall immediately notify the Secretary of State and the Clerk 
of each county, town and city in the State of its findings in the case of a 
revocation of the certificate of registration or of its reissuance of a revoked 
certificate of registration. 

A new certificate of registration to replace any certificate lost, destroyed 
or mutilated may be issued, subject to the rules and regulations of the Board. 
A charge of Five Dollars ($5.00) shall be made for such reissuance. 

Sec. 11. Be It Further Enacted, That the issuance of a certificate of 
registration by this Board shall be evidence that the person named therein is 
entitled to all rights and privileges of an architect or an engineer while the 
said certificate remains unrevoked or unexpired. 

Each registrant hereunder may, upon registration, obtain a seal of the 
design authorized by the Board, bearing the registrant's name and the legend 
"Registered Architect" or "Registered Engineer." Plans, specifications, plats 
and reports issued by a registrant may be stamped with the said seal during 
the life of a registrant's certificate, but it shall be unlawful for anyone to 
stamp or seal any documents with said seal after the certificate of the registrant 
named thereon has expired or has been revoked unless said certificate shall have 
been renewed or reissued. 

Sec. 12. Be It Further Enacted, That any persan who after the Act 
has been in effect twelve months is not legally authorized to practice as an 
Architect or as Engineer in this State, according to the provisions of this Act, 
and shall so practice, or offer so to practice in this State, except as provided 
in Section 13 of this Act, and any person presenting or attempting to file as 
his own the certificate of registration of another, or who shall give false or 
forged evidence of any kind to the Board, or to any member thereof, in obtain- 
ing a certificate of registration; or who shall falsely impersonate any other 
practitioner of like or different name, or who shall use or attempt to use an 



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unexpired or revoked certificate of registration shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor and shall for each such offense of which he is convicted be pun- 
ished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than 
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for three months or by 
both fine and imprisonment. The grand jury, of each county in this State is 
hereby given inquisitorial power over all offenses against or violation of this 
Act and the Circuit and Criminal Judges shall give the same in their charges 
to the grand juries. And the Board shall designate its members in each grand 
division of the State whose duty it shall be to report any violation of this Act 
to the proper authorities. 

Sec. 13. Be It Further Enacted, That the following shall be exempted 
from the provisions of this Act: 

1. Architects or engineers who are not residents of and have no estab- 
lished places of business in this State when their practice does not aggregate 
more than fifteen days in any calendar year; provided that the said persons 
are legally qualified for each professional service in their own State or Country. 

2. Architects or engineers who are not residents of and have no established 
place of business in this State, or any person resident of this State, but whose 
arrival in this State is recent; provided, however, such persons shall have filed 
application for registration as an architect or an engineer and shall have paid 
the fee provided for in Section 9 of this Act. Such exemption shall continue 
for only such reasonable time as the Board requires in which to consider and 
grant or deny the said application for registration. 

3. Any person engaging in architectural or engineering work as an em- 
ployee of a registered architect or a registered engineer, or as an employee of 
an architect or an engineer, authorized by paragraphs 1 and 2 of this section, 
provided that said work may not include responsible charge of design or super- 
vision. 

4. Architects or engineers who are not residents of, and have no established 
place of business in this State who are acting as consulting associates of an 
architect or an engineer registered under the provisions of this Act; provided, 
the non-resident is qualified for such professional service in his own State or 
Country. 

5. Architects or engineers acting solely as an officer or as an employee of 
the United States or of any Inter-State railroad system. 

6. Architects or engineers acting solely as employees of the State of Ten- 
nesee or any subdivision of the State at the time this Act becomes effective and 
thereafter only until the expiration of the then existing term of office of such 
employees. Nothing in this Act shall prevent the draftsmen, students, clerks 
of the work, superintendents and other employees of lawfully practicing archi- 
tects and engineers under provision of this Act, from acting under the instruc- 
tion, control or supervision of the employer, or to prevent the employment of 
superintendents on the construction, enlargement or alterations of buildings or 
any appurtenance thereto, or prevent such superintendents from acting under 
the immediate personal supervision of registered architects or engineers by 
whom the plans and specifications of any such building enlargements, construc- 
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prevent persons, mechanics or builders, from making plans, specifications for, 
or supervising the erection, enlargement or alteration of buildings, or any 
appurtenance thereto to be constructed by themselves or their o\vii employees, 
unless the same involves the public health or safety, provided that the work- 
ing drawings for such construction are signed by the authors thereof and their 
true appellation as "Contractor," "Carpenter," etc., without the use in any form 
of the title "Architect" or "Engineer." 

Sec. 14. Be It Further Enacted, That a corporation or partnership or 
an individual principal may engage in the practice of architecture or engineer- 
ing in this State, provided the person or persons connected with such corpora- 
tion or partnership or individual principal in responsible charge of such practice 
is or are registered as herein required of architects and engineers, or is or are 
otherwise authorized to practice. The same exemptions shall apply to corpora- 
tions and partnership as apply to individuals under this Act. 

Sec. 15. Be It Further Enacted, That one year after this Act goes into 
effect, neither the State nor any township, comity, city, town or village nor 
other political subdivision of the State shall engage in the construction or main- 
tenance of any public work involving architecture or engineering, for which 
the plans, specifications and estimates have not been made by a registered 
architect, or a registered engineer; provided that nothing in this section shall be 
held to apply to such public work wherein the contemplated expenditure for 
the complete project does not exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). 

Sec. 16. Be It Further Enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict 
with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. 

Sec. 17. Be It Further Enacted, That if any section or sections of this 
Act shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid, this shall not invalidate any 
other section. 

Sec. 18. Be It Further Enacted, That this Act shall take effect from 
and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. 

W. W. BOND, 

Speaker of the Senate. 
ANDREW L. TODD, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives 
A. A. TAYLOR, 

Governor 
Approved April 9, 1921 



STATE OF VIRGINIA 

VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF EXAMINATION AND CERTIFICATION OF 
ARCHITECTS, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS 

President— W. D. Tyler, Dante, Ya. 
Secretary — C. G. Massie, Amherst, Va. 
P. B. WiNFREE, Lynchburg, \a. 
Jas. F. MacTier, Roanoke, Ya. 
JoHX Kevan Peebles, Norfolk, Ya. 

FiSKE Kimball, University of Yirginia, Charlottesville, Ya. 
W. C. NoLAND, Richmond, Ya. 
Thos. M. Fexdall, Leesburg, Ya. 
L. B. DuTROW, Petersburg, Ya. 

THE VIRGINIA LAW 

Effective 1920 
CHAP. 328, ACTS OF 1920 

A BILL 

TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXAMINATION AND CERTIFICATION OF 
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS AND LAND SUR- 
VEYORS; AND TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF ENGINEER- 
ING, ARCHITECTURE AND LAND SURVEYING. 

Section 1. Within thirty clays after this Act becomes effective the Gov- 
ernor shall appoint a State Board for the examination and certification of 
architects, professional engineers, and land surveyors, to be composed of three 
architects, three professional engineers, and three land surveyors; who shall 
have been in the active practice of their profession as principals or as instruc- 
tors therein for not less than ten years previous to their appointment. Three of 
the members of said Board shall be appointed to hold office for a period of one 
year; one for a period of two years; one for a period of three years; one for 
a period of four years; one for a period of five years; one for a period of six 
years; and one for a period of seven years; and thereafter upon the expiration 
of the terms of office of the persons so appointed, the Governor shall apjDoint 
their successors for terms of seven years, and said persons so appointed shall 
have the above specified qualifications. In case a successor is not appointed at 
the expiration of the term of any member, such member shall hold office until 
his successor has been duly appointed and has qualified. Any vacancy occur- 
ring in the membership of said Board shall be filled by the Governor for the 
unexpired term. 

Sec. 2. The said Board shall elect from its membership a president, and 
shall elect a secretary, and may make all necessary iiiles and regulations not 
inconsistent with this Act, for its own organization, and as to the professional 
qualifications of applicants, the requirements necessary for passing examina- 
tions, in whole or in part, and as to all things necessary or expedient for the 
proper conduct of its examinations and the proper discharge of its duties. A 

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quorum of the Board shall consist of not less than two engineers, two archi- 
tects and two land surveyor members. 

Sec. 3. The said Board shall hold at least one examination each year in 
the City of Richmond, and at such other places as the Board may designate, 
at such times as it may prescribe by general rule or special order. It shall 
issue a certificate to practice as a certified professional engineer, a certified 
architect, or a certified land surveyor in this State to every applicant who shall 
have complied with the requirements of this Act and the rules of the Board, 
which certificates shall be signed by at least four members of the Board. 

Sec. 4. T[he members of said Board shall each receive as compensation 
ten dollars per diem for the time spent in attendance at meeting's or in con- 
ducting examinations, and shall be reimbursed the amount of actual expenses 
incurred in the performance of their duties under this Act. The Secretary of 
the Board shall receive such, salary- as may be named by the Board. The com- 
pensation for services and expenses herem provided, however, shall not exceed 
the amount received as fees from applicants for certificates to practice any of 
the professions included by this Act. 

Sec. 5. In order to defray the compensation and expenses above pro- 
vided, and any other expense incident to the proper discharge of the duties of 
the Board, each applicant for a certificate to practice as a certified professional 
engineer, a certified architect or a certified land surveyor, as the case may be, 
in this State, shall pay the Secretary of the Board a fee of twenty dollars for 
each examination in any branch as defined in this Act. If any surplus accumu- 
lates from such fees over and above the sum of five hundred dollars, such 
surplus shall, at the end of each calendar year be, by the Secretary of the 
Board, paid into the literary fund of the State. An itemized account of all 
receipts and expenditures of the said Board shall be kept by its Secretary, and 
a detailed report thereof at the end of each calendar year, duly verified by 
affidavit of the said Secretary, shall be filed with the Auditor of Public 
Accounts. 

Sec. 6. Any person, wishing to practice as a certified professional engi- 
neer, a certified architect, or a certified land surveyor in this State, who, before 
this Act becomes effective shall not have been engaged in the practice of pro- 
fessional engineering, architecture, or land sui'\'eying, as the case may be, in 
this State, shall, before being entitled to-be known as a certified professional 
engineer, a certified architect or as a certified land surveyor, as the case may be, 
secure from the said Board a certificate to practice under the title of certified 
professional engineer, certified architect, or certified land surveyor, as provided 
by this Act. But any person residing in or having a place of business in this 
State who shall satisfy the Board that he has been engaged in the practice of 
professional engineering or architecture, for not less than six years, or land 
surveying for not less than two years before this Act takes effect, shall be 
granted a certificate, without examination, upon the payment to the said Board 
of a fee of five dollars. 

See. 7. Any citizen of the United States or any person who has declared 
his intention of becoming such citizen, being at least twenty-one years of age, 
of good character, who has had not less than four years of practical experience 



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in architectural or professional engineering work, or two years in the case of 
land surveying, under the direction or supervision of a certified architect or a 
certified professional engineer, or a certified land surveyor; or of an engineer, 
or architect, or land surveyor of equivalent professional standing, or who is a 
graduate in architecture or engineering of a college or school of recognized 
standmg may, upon the payment of the fee prescribed by this Act, apply for 
a certificate under this Act ; but before receiving such certificate, he shall satis- 
factorily pass an examination in such professional subjects as may be pre- 
scribed by the Board and satisfy it as to his practical experience and general 
standing and ability; provided, that time spent as a student of architecture, 
land surveying, or engineering in a college or school of recognized standing 
shall be considered the equivalent of an equal amount of practical experience. 
In determming the qualifications of applicants for certification as architects, a 
majority vote of the architect members of the Board only, shall be required; 
in determining the qualifications of applicants for certification as professional 
engineers, a majority vote of the engineer members of the Board only, shall be 
required; and m determining the qualifications of applicants for certification 
as land surveyoi-s, a majority vote of the land surveyor members of the Board 
only, shall be required. 

Sec. S. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as excluding any certified 
architect from the practice of professional engineering, or as excluding any 
certified professional engineer from the practice of architecture. No person 
shall use any of the titles certified architect, certified professional engineer, or 
certified land surveyor, or any other title that the Board may designate, unless 
he has been duly authorized to do so by the Board. 

Sec. 9. The Board shall keep a record, open to public inspection at all 
reasonable times, of its proceedings, relating to the issuance, refusal, suspension, 
and revocation of certificates provided for in this Act. This record also shall 
contain the name, known place of business of each person certified, and the 
date and number of each certificate issued under the provisions of this Act. 

Sec. 10. The said Board may revoke any certificate after thirty days^ 
notice, with grant of hearing to the holder thereof, if proof satisfactory to the 
said Board be presented in any one or more of the following cases : 

(a) In case it is shown that the certificate was obtained through fraud or 
misrepresentation. 

(b) In case the holder of the certificate has been found guilty by said 
Board, or by a court of record, of any fraud or deceit in his professional 
practice, or has been convicted of a felony. 

(c) In case the holder of the certificate has been found guilty by the said 
Board of gross incompetency or of recklessness in the planning or construction 
of work. 

(d) In case it is proved to the satisfaction of the said Board that the 
holder of the certificate is an habitual drunkard, is habitually addicted to the 
use of morphine, opium, cocaine, or other drug having a similar effect. No 
certificate shall be revoked unless a majority of the members of the Board of 
the profession involved vote for such revocation. 

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this Act shall be begun by filing written charges against the accused with the 
said Board. A time and place for the hearing of the charges shall be fixed by 
the said Board. At the hearing the accused shall have the right to be repre- 
sented by counsel, to introduce evidence and examine and cross-examine wit- 
nesses. The said Board shall make a written report of its findings, which report 
shall be filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and which shall be 
conclusive. 

Sec. 12. After six months from the date this Act becomes effective the 
use by any person of the title of certified professional engmeer, or certified 
architect, or certified land surveyor, or the use of any word or letter or figures 
indicating or intended to imply that the person using the same is a certified 
professional engineer, a certified architect, or a certified land surveyor, with- 
out compliance with the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, 
and such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred 
dollars. 

Sec. 13. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to exempt any profes- 
sional engineer, architect, or land surveyor from the payment of any license 
tax imposed by existing law. 

Sec. 14. Any part of this Act that is found to be unconstitutional shall 
not invalidate the whole Act. 

Sec. 15. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this 
Act shall be, and the same are hereby repealed. 

Sec. 16. Examination may, by the Board, be waived in the case of appli- 
cants to practice as certified architect, certified engineer, or certified land sur- 
veyor, in the option of the members of the Board of the profession in which 
application is made to practice, if the applicant be from another State or 
territory where the qualifications prescribed at the tune of such certification 
were equal to those prescribed in this State, at date of application; and pro- 
vided further, that a like privilege is granted in the State from which such 
applicant comes to applicants from this State. 



STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA 

WEST VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR ENGINEERS 

President — Nathan H. Manakee, BluefieUl, W. Va. 

Secretary — Geo. E. Taylor, 504 Coyle & Richardson Building, Charleston, W. Va. 

H. C. Cooper, Clarksburg, W. Va. 

Frank Haas, Fairmont, W. Va. 

C. S. MacCalla, General Manager Virginia Power Co. 

THE WEST VIRGINIA LAW 

Effective July 27, 1921 
(Text of Bill as Passed) 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF WEST VIRGINIA: 
THAT THE PROFESSION ;0F ENGINEERING BE REGULATED, AND 
THAT THERE BE CREATED A STATE BOARD OF REGISTRA- 
TION, AND THAT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND PEN- 
ALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS: 

Section 1. In order to safeguard life, health and property, any person 
practicing or offering to practice as a professional engineer in this state shall 
hereafter be required to submit evidence that he is qualified so to practice, and 
shall be registered as hereinafter provided, and from and after six months after 
this act becomes effective, it shall be unlawful for any person to practice or to 
offer to practice in this state as a professional engineer, hereinafter called 
engineer, except under the provisions thereof. 

Sec. 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring registration by 
an individual, firm or corporation for the purpose of practicing engineering on 
property owned or leased by said individual, firm or corporation, nor as requir- 
ing registration by any person, who prior to the time of the passage of this 
act was engaged in the practice of engineering; provided, however, such person 
shall not represent himself as, or use the title of "registered professional engi- 
neer" unless such person is qualified by registration under this act. 

Sec. 3. To carry out the provisions of this act there is hereby created a 
state board of registration for engineers, hereinafter called the board, consist- 
ing of five members, who shall be appointed by the governor within thirty days 
after this act becomes effective. All members shall be registered engineers. 
Not more than one member of said board shall be from the same branch of the 
profession of engineering. The members of the first board shall be appointed 
to sei'\^e for the following terms: two members for one year; two members for 
two years; one member for three years; said terms ending on the thirtieth day 
of June of the succeeding years. On the expiration of each of said terms, the 
term of office of each newly appointed or reappointed member of the board 
shall be for a period of four years and shall terminate on the thirtieth day of 
June. Each member shall hold over after the expiration of his term until his 
successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified. The governor may 

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remove any member of the board at his will and pleasure. Vacancies in the 
membership of the board, however created, shall be filled by appointment by 
the governor for the unexpired term. The chief office of said board shall be 
at the capitol. 

Sec. 4. Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States 
and a resident of this state at the time of his appointment. He shall have been 
engaged in the practice of his profession for at least five years and shall have 
been in responsible charge of work for at least three years. He shall be a 
member in good standing of a recognized society of engineers, and except as 
provided in section five shall be a registered engineer. 

Sec. 5. Each member of the board shall receive a certificate of appoint- 
ment from the governor, and before beginning his term of office he shall file 
with the secretary of state the constitutional oath of office. Each member of 
the board first created shall receive a certificate of registration under this act 
from the governor of the state. The board or any committee thereof shall be 
entitled to the services of the attorney general, in connection with the affairs of 
the board first created shall receive a certificate of registration under this act 
nesses, may administer oaths and may take testimony and" proofs concerning 
all matters within its jurisdiction. The board shall adopt and have an official 
seal which shall be affixed to all certificates of registration granted; and shall 
make by-laws and rules not inconsistent with law needed in performing its 
duty. 

Sec. 6. The board shall hold a meeting within thirty days after its 
members are first appointed, and thereafter shall hold at least two regular 
meetings each year. Special meetings shall be held at such times as the by- 
laws of the board may provide. Notice of all meetings shall be given in such 
manner as the by-laws may provide. The board shall elect annually from its 
members a president and a secretary. A quorum of the board shall consist 
of not less than three members. 

Sec. 7. The secretaiy of the board shall receive and account for all 
moneys derived from the operation of this act and shall pay them to the 
state treasurer, who shall keep such moneys in a separate fund to be known 
as the "Fund of the board of registration for engineers," which fund shall 
be continued from year to year and shall be drawn against only for the 
purpose of this act as herein provided. 

Each member of the board shall receive ten dollars per day for attend- 
ing sessions of the board or of its committees, and for the time spent in 
necessary travel, and, in addition, shall be reimbursed for all necessary travel- 
ing, incidental and clerical expenses incurred in cari-ying out the provisions 
of this act. All expenses certified by the board as properly and necessarily 
incurred in the discharge of its duties, including authorized compensations, 
shall be paid out of said fund on the warrant of the auditor of the state 
issued on requisitions signed by the chainnan and the secretary of the board; 
provided, however, that at no time after this Act shall have been in effect 
for one year shall the total of warrants issued exceed the total amount of 
funds accumulated under this act. The secretary of the board shall give a 
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performance of his duties. The premium on said bond shall be regarded 
as a proper and necessary expense of the board. 

Sec. 8. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register 
of all applicants for registration showing for each, the date of application, 
name, age, educational and other qualifications, place of business and place 
of residence, whether or not an examination was required and whether the 
applicant was rejected, or a certificate of registration granted, and the date 
of such action. The books and register of the board shall be prima facie 
evidence of all matters recorded therein. A roster showing the names and 
places of business and of residence of all registered engineers shall be prepared 
by the secretary of the board during the month of July of each year; such 
roster shall be printed out of the funds of the board as provided in section 
seven. On or before the thirtieth day of September of each year the board 
shall submit to the governor a report of its transactions for the preceding 
year, together with a complete statement of the receipts and expenditures 
of the board, certified by the president and the secretary, and a copy of the 
said roster of registered engineers. A copy of this report shall be filed with 
the secretary of state. 

See. 9. The board shall, on application therefor on prescribe'd form, and 
the payment of a fee of twenty dollars, issue a certificate of registration 
as an engineer. 

(a) To any person who submits evidence satisfactory to the board that 
he is fully qualified to practice engineering. 

(b) To any person who holds a like unexpired certificate of registration 
issued to him by proper authority in the district of Columbia, in any state 
or territory of the United States, or in any province of Canada, in which 
the requirements for the registration of engineers are of a standard satisfactory 
to the board. 

Provided, however, that no person shall be eligible for registration who 
is under twenty-one years of age, who is not a citizen of the United States 
or Canada, or who has not made declaration of his intention to become a 
citizen of the United States, who does not speak and write the English 
langaiage, who is not of good character and repute, and who has not been 
actively engaged for six or more years in engineering work of a character 
satisfactory to the board. However, each year of teaching, or of study satis- 
factory completed of engineering in a school of engineering of standing 
satisfactory to the board, shall be considered equivalent to one year of such 
active engagement. 

Unless disqualifying evidence be before the board, the following facts 
established in the application shall be regarded as prima facie evidence satis- 
factory to the board, that the applicant is fully qualified to practice engineer- 

(a) Ten or more years of active engagement in engineering or land 
surv'eying work; 

(b) Graduation, after a course of not less than four years in engineering, 
from a school or college approved by the board as of satisfactory standing, 
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(c) Full membership in the American Association of Engineers, American 
Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, Amer- 
ican Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engi- 
neers, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Society of 
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, or such other national or State engi- 
neering societies as may be approved by the board, the requirements for full 
membership in which are not lower than the requirements for full member- 
ship in the professional societies named above. 

Applicants for registration, in cases where the evidence originally presented 
in the application does not appear to the board conclusive or warranting the 
issuance of a certificate, may present further evidence, which may include the 
results of a required examination, for the consideration of the board. 

In determining the qualifications of applicants for registration a majority 
vote only of the board shall be required. 

In case the board denies the issuance of a certificate to an applicant, 
the registration fee deposited shall be returned by the board to the applicant. 

Certificates of registration shall expire on the thirtieth day of June fol- 
lowing their issuance or renewal and shall become invalid on that date unless 
renewed. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the board to notify by mail 
every person registered hereunder of the date of the expiration of his certifi- 
cate and the amount of the fee required for its renewal for one year; such 
notice shall be mailed at least one month in advance of the date of the expira- 
tion of said certificate. Renewal may be effected at any time during the 
month of June by payment of a fee of ten dollars. The failure on the part 
of any registrant to renew his certificate annually in the month of June 
as required above shall not deprive such person of the. right of renewal there- 
after, but the fee to be paid for the renewal of a certificate after the month 
of June shall be increased ten per cent for each month, or fraction of a 
month, that payment for renewal is delayed; provided, however, that the 
maximum fee for a delayed renewal shall not exceed twice the normal fee. 

Sec. 10. The board shall have the power to revoke the certificate of 
registration of any engineer registered hereunder who is found guilty of any 
fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate of registration or of gross negligence, 
incompetency or misconduct in the practice of engineering. Any person may 
prefer charges of such fraud, deceit, negligence, incompetency or misconduct 
against any engineer registered hereunder; such charges shall be in writing 
and sworn to by the complainant and submitted to the board. Such charges 
unless dismissed without hearing by the board as unfounded or trivial, shall 
be heard and determined by the board within three months after the date 
on which they are preferred. A time ^nd place for such hearing shall be 
fixed by the board. A copy of the charges, together with a notice of the 
time and place of hearing, shall be legally served on the accused at least thirty 
days before the date fixed for such hearing, and in the event that such 
service can not be effected thirty days before such hearing then the date of 
hearing and determination shall be postponed as may be necessary to permit 
the carrying out of this condition. At said hearing the accused shall have 
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ag-ainst him and to produce evidence and witnesses in his defense. If after 
said hearing tliree or more members of the board vote in favor of finding 
the accused guilty of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate, or of 
gross negligence, incompetency or misconduct in the practice of engineering, 
the board shall revoke the certificate of registration of the accused. 

The board may re-issue a certificate of registration to any person whose 
certificate has been revoked, provided there or more members of the board 
vote in favor of such re-issuance for reasons the board deem sufficient. 

. The board shall immediately notify the secretary of state and the clerk 
of each county, town, and city in the state, of its findings in the case of 
the revocation of a certificate of registration or of its re-issuance of a revoked 
certificate of registration. 

A new certificate of registration to replace any certificate lost, destroyed 
or mutilated, may be issued, subject to the rules and regiilations of the board. 
A charge of one dollar shall be made for such re-issuance. 

Sec. 11. The issuance of a certificate of registration by this board shall 
be evidence that the person named therein is entitled to all rights and privileges 
of a registered engineer while the said certificate remains unrevoked or 
unxepired. 

Each registrant hereunder may, upon registration, obtain a seal of the 
design authorized by the board, bearing the registrant's name and the legend 
"Registered Professional Engineer," Plans, specifications, plats and reports 
issued by a registrant may be stamped with the said seal during tlie life of 
registrant's certificate, but it shall be unlawful for any one to stamp or seal 
any documents with said seal after the certificate of the registrant named 
thereon has expired, or has been revoked unless said certificate shall have been 
renewed or re-issued. 

Sec. 12. Any person who, after this act has been in effect six months, 
is not legally authorized to practice as an engineer in this state according 
to the provisions of this act and shall so practice, or offer so to practice 
in this state except as provided in section thirteen of this act, and any one 
presenting or attempting to file as his own the certificate of registration of 
another, or who shall give false or forged evidence of any kind to the board, 
or to any member thereof, in obtaining a certificate of registration, or who 
shall falsely impersonate any other practitioner, of like or different name, 
or who shall use or attempt to use an expired or revoked certificate of regis- 
tration, shall be demeed giiilty of a misdemeanor and shall, for each such 
offense of which he is convicted, be punished by a fine of not less than one 
hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for 
three months, or by both fine and imprisonment. 

Sec. 13. The following shall be exempted from the provisions of this 
act: 

(a) Persons offering to practice in this state as an engineer, by any 
one not a resident of and having no established place of business in this state. 

(b) Practice as an engineer in this state by any person not a resident 
of and having no established place of business in this state, when this practice 
does not aggregate more than thirty days in any calendar year; provided, 



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that said person is legally qualified for such professional service in his own 
state or country. 

(c) Practice as an engineer in this state by any person not a resident 
of and having no established place of business in this state, or any person 
resident in this state, but whose arrival in the state is recent; provided, how- 
ever, such person shall have filed an application for registration as an engi- 
neer, and shall have paid the fee provided for in section nine of this act. 
Such exemption shall continue for only such reasonable time as the board 
requires in which to consider and grant or deny the said application for regis- 
tration. 

(d) Engaging in engineering work as an employee of a registered engi- 
neer, or as an employee of an engineer, authorized by paragraphs two and 
three of this section; provided, that said work may not include responsible 
charge of design or supervision. 

(e) Practice of engineering by any person not a resident of and hav- 
ing no established place of business in this state, as a consulting associate of 
an engineer registered under the provisions of this act; provided, the non- 
resident is qualified for such professional service in his own state or country. 

(f) Practice of engineering solely as an officer or as an employee of the 
United States or of a common carrier engaged in interstate business. 

(g) Practice of engineering solely as an employee of this state or any 
political subdivision thereof, or of any corporation, firm or individual when 
such engineer's time is devoted exclusively to such employment, and such 
engineer does not offer his services to the public generally for hire. 

(h) Any engineer who shall not represent himself as, or use the title of, 
"Registered Professional Engineer," unless such person is qualified by regis- 
tration under this act. 

Sec. 14. A corporation or partnership may engage in the practice of 
engineering in this state provided the person or persons connected with such 
corporation or partnership in responsible charge of such practice is or are 
registered as herein required of engineers, or is or are otherwise authorized 
to practice. The same exemptions shall apply to corporations and partner- 
ships as apply to individuals under this act. 

Sec. 15. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this 
act are hereby repealed. 



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